The Most Beautiful Boy in the World review – devastating exposé of showbiz abuse
by Peter Bradshaw from World news | The Guardian on (#5MPA0)
Luchino Visconti emerges badly from this desperately sad documentary about the exploitation of his Death in Venice child star Bjorn Andresen
This documentary tells us how the most beautiful boy in the world became its saddest man, his life damaged by the exploitative abuse that the movie business incidentally hands out to all those beautiful girls in the world without anyone caring or making documentaries about them.
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