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Written, directed and co-produced by American filmmaker Ari Aster, this Golden Globe-nominated black comedy is both ambitious and distinctive. Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix leads a distinguished American cast that includes Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey and Patti LuPone. With music by long-term British collaborator and composer The Haxan Cloak, the dystopian film is co-produced by UK-based Access Entertainment.

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Living in squalor, hapless and highly-anxious Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) finds his stress exacerbated by a fast-approaching trip to visit his mother. But when a series of unfortunate circumstances result in Beau missing his plane, he embarks on a nightmarish journey of a different kind, as he’s faced with horrifying metaphorical manifestations of his own despair.