05 january 2021
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Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2021 : The most beautiful boy in the world will have its world premiere
Björn Andrésen was 15 when he starred as Tadzio opposite Dirk Bogarde in Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Death in Venice. A year later, during the film’s Cannes premiere, Visconti proclaimed Andrésen to be “the world’s most beautiful boy.” A comment that might have seemed flattering at the time became a burden that tainted Andrésen’s life. Through a fascinating mix of archival footage and contemporary interactions...
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