

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.
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- Language
- Italian
- beauty
- interview
- archive footage
- cult of celebrity
- portrait of an artist
- life and career
- testimony
- deconstruction of celebrity
- biographical documentary
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Sweden, Germany
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival29 Jan 2021
- PremiereCleveland International Film Festival8 Apr 2021
- Theatrical (limited)3 Sept 2021
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical30 Jul 2021
AustraliaAU
- PremiereRevelation Perth International Film Festival4 Jul 2021
- Theatrical30 Jul 2021
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival9 Aug 2021
CanadaCA
- PremiereHot Docs International Documentary Festival29 Apr 2021
BelgiumBE
- PremiereALFilm Fest Gent13 Oct 2021
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival24 Oct 2021
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical14 Jul 2022
DenmarkDK
- PremiereCPH:DOX6 May 2021
- Theatrical21 Oct 2021
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival13 Nov 2021
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival18 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTT15 Nov 2021
- TV21 Nov 2021
FranceFR
- PremiereLa Rochelle Film Festival29 Jun 2021
- TVARTE (TV Edit, 52 m)1 Nov 2021
- PremiereParis Chéries Chéris Film Festival21 Nov 2021
GermanyDE
- TV1 Nov 2021
- PremiereBraunschweig International Film Festival2 Nov 2021
- Theatrical29 Dec 2022
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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World was released on 30 July 2021.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/30/2022
If there ever were to be a story of not just how transitory beauty is, but of how shallow too - then it has to be this documentary film. Kristina Lindström starts us off in the grubby and filthy apartment of Björn Andrésen. His neighbours are threatening to have him evicted if he doesn't up his game... Who is he and why should we care? Well we are quickly taken back fifty years to auditions held by Luchino Visconti f…
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