The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)

Original title

Världens vackraste pojke

Directed by

Kristian Petri, Kristina Lindström

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the life of Björn Andrésen, who was cast as a teenager in a 1971 film and suddenly became famous. It shows how the attention affected him over the decades.

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What happens

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (Swedish: Världens vackraste pojke) is a 2021 Swedish documentary film about Björn Andrésen and the effects of fame thrust upon him when he appeared in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film Death in Venice. Andrésen was just 16 when the film came out, and was unprepared for instantly becoming an international celebrity. The title of the documentary derives from a remark that Visconti made about Andrésen at the premiere of Death in Venice in London. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021. It received a nomination for the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the festival. The film was released in US theaters on September 24, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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