The title for Beau Is Afraid actually appears to nail the premise — no less than based mostly on the primary trailer. The A24 movie is the newest from Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster, and it stars Joaquin Phoenix as a stressed-out man who goes “on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.”

Apparently, that entails touring by way of a papercraft fantasy world and assembly variations of himself from varied time durations. To get the latter level throughout, the movie options an extraordinarily de-aged model of Phoenix that’s greater than slightly creepy, although Beau Is Afraid doesn’t appear to be fairly as terrifying as Aster’s earlier work. That would possibly simply be the trailer, although.

If that wasn’t sufficient to get you , the movie additionally includes a killer supporting solid, together with Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, and Patti LuPone. It’s on account of hit theaters on April twenty first. In the meantime, take a look at the brand new poster that includes varied Joaquin Phoenixes: