THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
Directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri
“A stirring portrait” – Vogue
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.
Kristina Lindström
Kristina Lindström is a filmmaker, journalist, and author. She has directed highly acclaimed documentaries including “Astrid Lindgren;” “Palme” with Maud Nycander, awarded two Guldbagge Awards; and “Silence” with Kristian Petri. Among Lindström’s work as an author, her trilogy about Swedish history from a young girl’s perspective has become a long-lived national success. She also served as Head of Cultural and Factual Programming at public service broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT). Lindström has been awarded the Linné Prize, Kristallen, Stockholm’s Culture Prize, and the Ikaros Award, among other honors.
The film is co-directed by Kristian Petri.
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