The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri / SE, 2021 / 93 min.
Portrait of Björn Andrésen, who passed away recently. This ‘most beautiful boy in the world’ was cast by Visconti as ‘Tadzio’ in his classic film Death in Venice, making a homo-erotic icon of him – but Björn himself felt abused. Andrésen looks back laconically on a chaotic life.
Andrésen’s performance as the mysterious beauty in Visconti’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novella Der Tod in Venedig brought him instant stardom, but didn’t make him happy.
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Director
Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Production year
2021
Country
SE
Original title
Världens vackraste pojke
Length
93 min.
Language
English, French, Italian, Japanese, Swedish
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
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