“To put the eyes on the beauty is to put the eyes on death”
Luchino Visconti
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
Directed by
Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri
In 1970, filmmaker Luchino Visconti travelled throughout Europe looking for the perfect boy to personify absolute beauty in his adaptation for the screen of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice. In Stockholm, he discovered Björn Andrésen, a shy 15-year-old teenager whom he brought to international fame overnight and led to spend a short but intense part of his turbulent youth between the Lido in Venice, London, the Cannes Film Festival and the so distant Japan. Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, Björn takes us on a remarkable journey made of personal memories, cinema history, stardust and tragic events in what could be Bjorn’s last attempt for him to finally get his life back on track.
Released in cinemas and on Demand on 30 July
Screening at
🎟️ Sundance London – Picturehouse Central (30 July)
🎟️ Arthouse Crouch End (From 30 July)
🎟️ Dochouse (Curzon Bloomsbury – From 30 July)
🎟️ Gate Picturehouse (From 30 July)
🎟️ Fulham Road Picturehouse (From 30 July)
🎟️ BFI Southbank (From 30 July)
🎟️ Picturehouse Central (From 30 July)
🎟️ Rio Cinema (From 30 July ) + Double Bill With Death In Venice (1 August)
🎟️ Glasgow – GFT (From 30 July)
🎟️ Manchester – HOME (From 30 July)
🎟️ Sheffield – Showroom (From 30 July)
🎟️ Bristol Watershed (From 30 July)
🎟️ Ritzy Cinema (From 6 August)
🎟️ Greenwich Picturehouse (From 6 August)
🎟️ Hackney Picturehouse (From 6 August)
🎟️ West Norwood Picturehouse (From 6 August)
🎟️ Exeter Picturehouse (From 6 August)
🎟️ Duke’s at Komedia (From 13 August)
🎟️ Bromley Picturehouse (From 13 August)
🎟️ Clapham Picturehouse (From 13 August)
🎟️ East Dulwich Picturehouse (From 13 August)
🎟️ Finsbury Park Picturehouse (From 13 August)
🎟️ Stratford East Picturehouse (From 13 August)
🎟️ Birmingham MAC (From 29 August)
On Demand HERE from 30 July
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