The Most Beautiful Boy in the World - Official Trailer

Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, Björn Andrésen, the former teen star who once embodied legendary character Tadzio in Visconti’s masterpiece, takes us on a remarkable journey of personal memories, cinema history, stardust and tragedy in what could be Björn’s last attempt to finally get his life back on track.

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His love for his wife as an adult is more beautiful than any photo taken in his youth.

[sennataylor]

His small “what?” when they asked him to undress was so sad. He had no idea what was coming.

[rufiredup]

I remembered reading how he loved Japan and really enjoyed his time there and expressed that he wanted to visit it again. I think the reason he didn’t hate Japan despite being the reason that inspired the bishonen trope is because they simply admired his beauty and never asked him to take off his clothes or to visit gay bars where older men leered at him. He wasn’t exploited there…

[chayeahpuddin]

He lost his mother at a young age
He never knew or met his own father
His grandmother used him
People around him who made him popular destroyed and abused him
He lost his son at a very young age
He became alcoholic and depressed
His marriage with his ex-wife failed

Bjorn is the male version of Marilyn Monroe

[ClayMastah]

I think people are taking this too literally. He is not the most beautiful boy in the world, that is the point, he was objectified and exploited as a child for consumption by adults around him. That is fucked up. That is bad. He's not saying being attractive is what made his life hell, its the adults who found him attractive as a CHILD that made his life hell. They made a label and put it on a child for lust and monetary gain without considering the person he actually was. It is creepy enough to consider alone, they didn't have to curate this a certain way to make you feel anything, its out of respect for his story.

People's true thoughts on the internet make me realize every day why predators always get away with it and why victims are continually victimized and blamed over and over again. It's easier to critique Bjorn than the people who made him 'the most beautiful boy'.

[dalaw]

its insane that this man was what inspired alot of modern day anime aspects literally the real liufe bishounen boy and at that age it breaks my heart

[chief_mourner]

I remember when I was a kid I was given the opportunity to model. My father said said hell no. At the time I was upset but now as an adult, knowing what I know i'm glad I didnt.

[seakettle]

“Get him to undress” “..what?” Broke my heart

[Sopika]

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

― Donna Tartt

[johnmartindizon]

I feel bad for him..they emotionally, physically and sexually abused him just because they labeled him as "the most beautiful boy in the world" 💔

[justinrgray]

This beautiful boy is single handedly responsible for the anime male character design done by animators and illustrators in the 1970s-80s

[pluckybellhop]

Ugly people are hated and beautiful people are ravaged for their beauty, such a sad shallow world.

[jeanette]

fun fact: he is the old man that jumps off the cliff in midsommar!!! i heard about him because apparently a bunch of japanese audiences recognized his face and showed covers of manga and fiction novels that used his face as reference

edit: big trigger warning!!! gore, violence, blood, death!!!! sorry i didn't include that in my original post, my bad <3

[gamingwithjemelair]

I feel like he wasn't seen as human more like an accomplishment or like a trophy

[SaintVodou]

Calling a child the “most beautiful” is setting them up to briefly use and be used, until a newer prettier item comes along. The people who flock around “most beautifulls” aren’t generally keepers.

[violinsinthevoid]

The film (as well as the novel) Death in Venice is certainly an incredible work of cinema. Thomas Mann’s vision being realized on screen in epic, profound fashion is very much worth watching. That said, I am pretty disturbed by Visconti’s treatment of him and what was put on his shoulders at a young age. I wonder if the gruesomeness of his scene in Midsommar felt cathartic to him, to be able to subvert the image of him as an ideal beautiful form by having his face bashed in brutally in the film. Just me speculating.

[ashlygwynmarreza]

this is what people call dangerous beauty but it is actually people who are dangerous, doing harm to someone because of their beauty just to satisfy themselves, it's sad that this is still happening right now to celebrities, korean idols etc. and its much worse

[theart]

Just watched it and its amazing...not going in to whether he was abused or not as I suspect its something he wishes to keep to himself. He's an old man now but still remarkable ..I mean if you saw him walking towards you now, you'd never forget that look. This is a caution to Parents etc who want there kids names in lights on movies etc..DONT put your children in harms way like this! I have no doubt that if that Director was still alive he'd be in trouble although Bjorn doesn't say anything implicit. I just hope he get's his life back on track..after all these years, he deserves that at least

[h_yjjk]

I watched his documentaries and it’s crazy how he’s literally celebrated all over the world, basically the blueprint for the modern anime men considered the most beautiful boy But he never expected any of it when he first auditioned from his school.. the way everything completely changes over time is crazy

[realmsunreal]

This a film that society sorely needs and I hope it spreads worldwide, this could open up a very important global conversation about beauty and what it is that makes a person's worth. I've been trying to dissect this recently in Korean society, this obsession with this unachievable "perfect" beauty and literally idolizing for appearance. It's time a shift needs to be made to scale back and rediscover what it is that makes a human good, what makes one worthy of being idolized, it shouldn't be based in appearance but in character, in empathy, humility, creativty, intuition, curiosity, inquisitiveness, things that once were held in such prowess should be so again