Beau is Afraid (2023) — Screenplay
An anxious man journeys to his mother's funeral, but his psyche unravels into a nightmarish odyssey of guilt and desire.
- Written by
- Ari Aster
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Studio
- A24, The Square Peg
- Length
- 119 pages
Ari Aster's audacious script blends horror and comedy into a surreal, Kafkaesque journey through a protagonist's fractured mind. Study its fearless tonal shifts and its use of dream logic to build a world that is both absurd and deeply unsettling, offering a masterclass in subjective storytelling.
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