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SWIFF'23 CLOSING NIGHT GALA: BEAU IS AFRAID
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179 Mins | Ari Aster
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Join us for the grand finale to the 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival, as we celebrate the Regional Australian premiere of Ari Aster’s epic black-comedy masterpiece, Beau is Afraid.
After back-to-back major successes with A24, writer/director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar - SWIFF’20) takes a darkly comedic turn for his third collaboration with the changemaking film studio, bringing to life a bold, hilarious, and ingeniously depraved new film, Beau is Afraid, to cap off the Coffs Coast’s 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival.
Starring Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, C’mon C’mon – SWIFF’22) as Beau, Ari Aster’s third film features an incredible supporting ensemble cast that includes Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Michael Gandolfini, and Zoe Lister-Jones.
Beau (Phoenix), a paranoid and anxiety-ridden man, embarks on a bizarre and epic odyssey to return home to his mother. On his adventures, Beau is forced to face his darkest fears in strange, oddball, fantastical worlds bursting with colour and confusion.
“It’s like a Jewish Lord of the Rings….but he’s just going to his mom’s place.” – Ari Aster
10-years in the making, Phoenix’s captivating lead performance, along with the striking contrast between bright, picturesque visuals and the eerie uncertainty of the mind-bending world, makes for another uniquely engrossing experience that cements Aster as an auteur and pioneer of modern cinematic surrealism.
6pm arrival for 7pm start.
After back-to-back major successes with A24, writer/director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar - SWIFF’20) takes a darkly comedic turn for his third collaboration with the changemaking film studio, bringing to life a bold, hilarious, and ingeniously depraved new film, Beau is Afraid, to cap off the Coffs Coast’s 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival.
Starring Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, C’mon C’mon – SWIFF’22) as Beau, Ari Aster’s third film features an incredible supporting ensemble cast that includes Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Michael Gandolfini, and Zoe Lister-Jones.
Beau (Phoenix), a paranoid and anxiety-ridden man, embarks on a bizarre and epic odyssey to return home to his mother. On his adventures, Beau is forced to face his darkest fears in strange, oddball, fantastical worlds bursting with colour and confusion.
“It’s like a Jewish Lord of the Rings….but he’s just going to his mom’s place.” – Ari Aster
10-years in the making, Phoenix’s captivating lead performance, along with the striking contrast between bright, picturesque visuals and the eerie uncertainty of the mind-bending world, makes for another uniquely engrossing experience that cements Aster as an auteur and pioneer of modern cinematic surrealism.
6pm arrival for 7pm start.
May
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