Rent The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)

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Synopsis:
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 Bjorn Andresen, a shy 15-year-old teenager whom he brought to international fame overnight and led to spend a short bin 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', Bjorn 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.
Actors:
Annike Andresen, , Silva Filmer, , Margareta Krantz, Ann Lagerström, Johanna Lidén, Robine Román, Masatoshi Sakai, Miriam Sambol, Hajime Sawatari, Max Seki, Jessica Vennberg,
Directors:
Kristina Lindström,
Producers:
Stina Gardell
Writers:
Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Aka:
Världens vackraste pojke
Studio:
Dogwoof
Genres:
Documentary, Special Interest
Collections:
A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films Set in Venice, What We Were Watching in 1971
Countries:
Sweden
BBFC:
Release Date:
11/10/2021
Run Time:
94 minutes
Languages:
Swedish Dolby Digital 2.0, Swedish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Four Clips
  • Theatrical Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
11/10/2021
Run Time:
94 minutes
Languages:
Swedish Dolby Digital 2.0, Swedish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Four Clips
  • Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews (1) of The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

A sad 'Where are they now?' documentary - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World review by JR

Spoiler Alert
12/03/2023

Bjorn looks like a ghost - sepulchrally thin, grey face hidden by long white hair and beard. He drifts through his life in misery, completely emotionally shut down, chain smoking and living in poverty and self-imposed squalor. Is it a film about the dark side of fame? Or is it about the curse of great beauty? Well, the case is not made adequately. Yes, his screen test with Visconti was rather exploitative, but we learn that during the shoot of 'Death in Venice', his pushy 'stage mum' grandmother was always with him, and he had a female chaperone. The film makers follow him as he revisits Japan (did they pay for him? It's not revealed) where he had been mobbed and almost worshipped as the beautiful boy; and it seems that in retrospect those were the times, although weird and almost overwhelming, that he felt the most alive. The film then frustratingly draws a veil over his life after he left adolescence behind. We hear hints at hedonism and self-destructive addictions and broken relationships, and another hugely traumatic event in his late twenties. The only thing the viewer can be certain of is that Bjorn's early childhood is where his misery really stems from; the trauma of which he has never been able to come to terms with.

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