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Watch the world exclu­sive trail­er for The Most Beau­ti­ful Boy in the World

17 Jun 2021

Words by Adam Woodward

Black and white image of a street vendor's cart with the text "L. VISCON" on the side. A person is seated inside the cart, partially obscured by the cart's structure.
Black and white image of a street vendor's cart with the text "L. VISCON" on the side. A person is seated inside the cart, partially obscured by the cart's structure.
The star of Luchi­no Visconti’s Death in Venice reflects on his life in this melan­choly documentary.

One of the stand­out titles at this year’s vir­tu­al Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val was The Most Beau­ti­ful Boy in the World, which recounts the strange and trag­ic sto­ry of Björn Andrésen, the Swedish star of Luchi­no Visconti’s lan­guid tale of lust and obses­sion, Death in Venice.

Named after the Ital­ian director’s some­what bom­bas­tic descrip­tion of his then 15-year-old lead at the film’s pre­mière in 1971 – Vis­con­ti famous­ly scoured all of Scan­di­navia to find the per­fect blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy for the role of Tadzio – Kristi­na Lind­ström and Kris­t­ian Petri’s doc­u­men­tary puts Andrésen cen­tre stage as he reflects on his life 50 years on.

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It’s a fas­ci­nat­ing med­i­ta­tion on a bygone era and a cau­tion­ary tale of the price of achiev­ing inter­na­tion­al star­dom at such a ten­der age. With the film set to be released in UK and Irish cin­e­mas on 30 July cour­tesy of Dog­woof, take an exclu­sive look at the first offi­cial trail­er below, along with the brand new UK quad poster.

Close-up portrait of a young man with curly red hair and a serious expression, against a grey background. The image appears to be a film poster for "the Most Beautiful Boy in the World".

The Most Beau­ti­ful Boy in the World is released in UK and Irish cin­e­mas on 30 July.

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