Joaquin Phoenix in Beau is Afraid. | Image: A24
The title for Beau Is Afraid really seems to nail the premise — at least based on the first trailer. The A24 film is the latest from Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stressed-out guy who goes “on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.”
Apparently, that involves traveling through a papercraft fantasy world and meeting versions...
