Beau Is Afraid (15)

Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) is middle-aged, profoundly paranoid, and preparing to face one of his greatest fears: paying a visit to his mother. But when bizarre circumstances conspire against him, he embarks on an epic journey to avoid disappointing her.

The screening on Thu 22 Jun at 2pm will have descriptive subtitles.

Director

Ari Aster

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey

• BBFC Ratings Info (May Contain Spoilers)

  Violence

  There are sequences containing strong violence, including when a man is stabbed repeatedly in the hand with a knife, resulting in bloody detail, recurring sight of a man aggressively pressing his thumbs into the eyes of another man, and a man being repeatedly shot resulting in large spurts of blood.

  Threat and horror

  There are frequent scenes of threat in which characters are frightened by or are in danger from aggressive individuals meaning them harm. In one such prolonged scene, a man runs from a character wielding a knife, before being held at gunpoint by another who threatens to shoot him, and in another sequence, a man fights with a fantastical monster who impales him with an insect-like leg.

  Language

  There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’) as well as milder terms including ‘f**k’, ‘cock’ and ‘whore’.

  Sex

  A man and woman have sex in a strong scene featuring breast and buttock nudity. Moderate sex references including remarks about virginity and ejaculation.

  Discrimination

  There is infrequent use of a discriminatory term (‘faggot’).

  Drugs

  There is brief solvent abuse, which causes fatality for the user. Characters smoke joints, and it is suggested the drugs have been laced with other unnamed substances. A character misuses prescription medication.

  Sexual violence and sexual threat

  Young boys go through a women’s dirty laundry, sniffing and stealing her underwear. A character makes an unrealistic comment about a school teacher desiring her teenage friend.

  Suicide

  There are references to suicide, including a man’s apparent intentions to jump from the roof of a building.

  Injury detail

  Sight of strong injury detail includes blood spurts during moments of violent, a close up shot of a man’s stitched together but bleeding wound, and the head of a corpse being run over and crushed by a car.

  Nudity

  There is strong nudity, including sight of a man’s testicles, and crude images or visual allusions to erect male genitalia.

  Rude humour

  There is mild rude humour, including a crude drawing of a man urinating, and a man vomiting all over a laptop.

  Theme

  There is mild emotional upset, including when a character grieves the death of a loved one.

• Seating Accessibility Information

  Cinema

  Seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• Information about screenings with descriptive subtitles

  Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who are able to watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].