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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Beau is Afraid

Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Her, You Were Never Really Here, Walk the Line) is Beau Wasserman, a paranoid man beset with anxiety, living in a crime-ridden neighbourhood. When setting off to visit his mother, Beau inadvertently embarks on an epic odyssey of nightmarish proportions.

This bold, divisive and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) is one of the most unique films you will see all year.

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