Directed by:
Ari AsterScreenplay:
Ari AsterCinematography:
Pawel PogorzelskiComposer:
Bobby KrlicCast:
Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers, Denis Ménochet, Parker Posey, Zoe Lister Jones, Armen Nahapetian, Julia Antonelli (more)VOD (5)
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From writer-director Ari Aster comes a delirious journey into the unknown from one of the most inventive cinematic minds working today: the story of a man who sets out to visit his mother and discovers a world of malevolent forces and unseen eyes tracking his every move. Dense with meaning and aimed squarely at confronting the emotional chaos and collective uncertainty of our present day, Beau is Afraid follows one man’s odyssey through the depths of the end of history, finding horror and humor at every turn. (Sony Pictures UK)
(more)Cast
![Joaquin Phoenix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/126/164126958_70790c.jpg)
Joaquin Phoenix
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Joker (2019)
![Patti LuPone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/737/163737271_ce7a05.jpg)
Patti LuPone
USA
Best movies:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street In Concert (2001) (theatrical recording)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Witness (1985)
![Amy Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/297/164297955_61e728.jpg)
Amy Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Nathan Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270759_309aa3.jpg)
Nathan Lane
USA
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Lion King (1994)
![Kylie Rogers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/502/158502633_91c256.jpg)
Kylie Rogers
USA
Best movies:
Fathers and Daughters (2015)
Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
![Denis Ménochet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175689_69e319.png)
Denis Ménochet
France
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Parker Posey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212025_9adac7.jpg)
Parker Posey
USA
Best movies:
Basquiat (1996)
Henry Fool (1997)
You've Got Mail (1998)
![Zoe Lister Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277184_66239d.jpg)
Zoe Lister Jones
USA
Best movies:
Arranged (2007)
State of Play (2009)
A Good Person (2023)
Armen Nahapetian
Best movies:
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
![Julia Antonelli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/116/160116073_eb41da.jpg)
Julia Antonelli
USA
Best movies:
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Alex & Me (2018)
![Stephen McKinley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/494/161494955_2d80ce.jpg)
Stephen McKinley Henderson
USA
Best movies:
Dune (2021)
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
The Good Heart (2009)
![Richard Kind](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/870/163870818_d80eff.jpg)
Richard Kind
USA
Best movies:
Cars (2006)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Inside Out (2015)
![Hayley Squires](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/608/162608129_8c9e86.jpg)
Hayley Squires
UK
Best movies:
I, Daniel Blake (2016)
The Miniaturist (2017) (series)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
![Julian Richings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274746_a83d88.jpg)
Julian Richings
UK
Best movies:
Treed Murray (2001)
My Life Without Me (2003)
Hard Core Logo (1996)
![Bill Hader](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/863/162863534_ff1056.jpg)
Bill Hader
USA
Best movies:
Inside Out (2015)
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
Her (2013)
![Catherine Bérubé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228222_facba0.jpg)
Catherine Bérubé
Best movies:
Human Trafficking (2005) (TV movie)
Bomb Girls - Facing the Enemy (2014) (TV movie)
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Stephanie Herrera
Best movies:
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Well Suited for Christmas (2022) (TV movie)
Bradley Fisher
Best movies:
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
The Night Before (1988)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
![Michael Esper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/562/162562310_f27960.jpg)
Michael Esper
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Frances Ha (2012)
Loggerheads (2005)
Manuel Tadros
Egypt
Best movies:
Life with My Father (2005)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
I Killed My Mother (2009)