Beau Is Afraid
- Release Date
- April 21, 2023
- Director
- Ari Aster
- Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Amy Ryan, Richard Kind, Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone
- Runtime
- 179 minutes
- Main Genre
- Drama
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