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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.
May 13, 2021 · Visconti famously searched the continent to find a boy beautiful enough for the role of Tadzio, eventually discovering the teenage Andrésen in a rundown corner of Stolkholm. As the film’s fatal object of desire, who spends the majority of the film batting his eyelashes across the Venice Lido at Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde), Andrésen ...
Oct 15, 2021 · Legendary director Luchino Visconti travelled the world for years to find the youth who would suit the moniker of 'the most beautiful boy in the world'. And at the world premiere of his film Death in Venice in 1971, he proclaimed Björn Andrésen to be precisely that, giving the documentary its title.
Jul 29, 2021 · At its London premiere, Visconti declared him “the most beautiful boy in the world” – a clever promotional soundbite for his film, but an impossible albatross for his protegee, transforming the teenager into an object onto which a deluge of fantasies were projected.
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Jul 30, 2021 · Björn Andrésen on being ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in. the World’. The 72-year-old actor was last seen in Ari Aster’s Misommar – but 50 years ago, he was a lauded child star plucked from obscurity by Luchino Visconti. Here, he discusses the new film on his exploitation, and ‘letting go’ of inner darkness.
Sep 23, 2021 · In “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World,” a heart-wrenching documentary, co-directors Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri puncture the uneasy vein of child star building, explaining how often the practice ensnares the vulnerable.
Nov 6, 2021 · What’s mildly haunting about “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World” is that the film links beauty and tragedy in that ineffable way they’re linked in the story of Marilyn Monroe.
