Beauty (2011)

Original title

Skoonheid

Directed by

Oliver Hermanus

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

South Africa, France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

18

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged married man in South Africa struggles with his repressed desires for a younger man. The film follows his obsessive longing and the personal cost of hiding his true self.

tensemelancholicslow-burnunsettlingintrospectivebleakclaustrophobicemotionally restrained

What happens

Beauty (Afrikaans: Skoonheid) is a 2011 South African psychological drama co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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