Felix van Groeningen on How Beautiful Boy Celebrates Life
26I was in a puddle of tears the first time I watched The Broken Circle Breakdown and now the same it true of director Felix van Groeningen's latest feature film, Beautiful Boy. The movie is an adaptation of the pair of best-selling memories from father and son, David and Nic Sheff. The movie features Call Me By Your Name star Timothee Chalamet as Nic, a teenager suffering through the vicious cycle of addiction, recovery and relapse while his father played by Steve Carell tries whatever he can to help Nic through it all.
Similar to The Broken Circle Breakdown, Beautiful Boy is a deeply moving piece that explores the complexities of trauma and its effect on a family. It's another very tough watch so when I got the chance to sit down with van Groningen to talk about making the film, I had to ask him about what draws him to such emotional and challenging material. Check out what he had to say about that, hear about his experience working with Chalamet and Carell, why he thinks it's important to explore the dark corners of life and more in this video interview.
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