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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

2021 documentary film about Björn Andrésen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
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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. Andrésen was just 16 when the film came out, and was unprepared for instantly becoming an international celebrity.[3][4][5]

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Luchino Visconti and Björn Andrésen on the set of Death in Venice

The title of the documentary derives from a remark that Visconti made about Andrésen at the premiere of Death in Venice in London.[6][7]

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021.[8][9] It received a nomination for the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the festival.[10] The film was released in US theaters on September 24, 2021.[11]

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Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the documentary holds an approval rating of 78% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World tells an undeniably familiar cautionary tale, but it's no less unbearably tragic in the telling."[12]

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