Beau is Afraid(2023) Ari Aster

Surely, we are facing the most controversial film of the year. It will be very difficult for there to be unanimity when cataloging and evaluating the new work of New York director Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary). And Beau is Afraid is a film that constantly challenges the viewer's reasoning, sowing disbelief in everything that passes before their eyes. The story begins with what seems like a routine visit by our protagonist, Beau (Joaquin Phoenix), to his psychiatrist before the imminent trip to visit his mother. We soon enter Beau's world, in his head, full of hallucinations due to the severe paranoid schizophrenia he suffers from. All the events, which are real for him, turn the film into a tableau of successive nightmares that cause deep anguish in the viewer. We could divide the film into four parts, each one composed of a more or less structured narrative and lasting approximately three-quarters of an hour each. In the first part, which takes place in his apartment, we find a magnificent staging and an exceptional montage that provokes a feeling of desperation when we identify with Beau's fears of the violent assault he suffers from some homeless people more similar to zombies. than to human beings. The second part, somewhat more relaxed in its pace, shows Beau, who has suffered an accident and is taken in by a sinisterly kind couple. However, in this seemingly harmless environment, Beau will suffer tremendous harassment from the couple's teenage daughter, who blames him for having replaced her and which will end, as it could not be otherwise, in a very tragic way. After fleeing the house, our unfortunate protagonist takes refuge in the forest. This third part, the friendliest of the film, represents a dreamlike counterpoint to everything we had previously witnessed. Aster includes here a long animation sequence depicting Beau's dreams and aspirations that is extremely beautiful and delicate. Also this resource of using language and the theatrical medium brings a new dimension to the story. Finally, when he finally arrives home, we enter the fourth and final part, the one that confronts Beau with his possessive and castrating mother in what is a painful culmination of all the hardships he has suffered throughout this terrible journey.

Ari Aster has created a script based on a kind of archiplot in which events have no causal relationships. The different sequences that make up this monumental nightmare story are bathed in tremendous originality and a powerful visual style. The work of space and time in the film is masterful, demonstrating unusual precision. Joaquin Phoenix's performance is enormous. He is probably the most gifted actor of his generation and the perfect choice to give life to this totally traumatized and mad character. In addition, the film relies on the good supporting performances of Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Parker Posey and Patti LuPone.

In short, Beau is Afraid is a film that you don't know where it's going to turn out, you're on alert all the time because its development is totally irrational and this requires an enormous effort that not every viewer will be willing to make. But whoever manages to penetrate the story will find a fantastic character study and a brilliant reflection on fear, trauma, loneliness, misunderstanding and mental illness.

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