Beau Is Afraid (2023)
From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
Keywords
absurdist
anxiety
anxiety disorder
attic
based on short film
birth
childhood trauma
complex
crude humor
dark comedy
death of mother
entrepreneur
existentialism
fear
funeral
grief
kafkaesque
maniac
mother son relationship
munchausen syndrome by proxy
nightmare
odyssey
oedipus complex
orgasm
overbearing mother
paranoia
satire
simulated sex
suicide
surrealism