THE BRUTALIST

Includes a 15 minute intermission at 100 minutes.

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary Hungarian architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes.

On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognises his talent for building and enlists him for a monumental, dream project.

László, sacrificing more and more of himself to complete his exacting vision eventually realises that his dream has come at a dark cost.

“The past comes to life as a whole enveloping world in The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s fine-grained, novelistic third feature as director.” The Hollywood Reporter

“It’s hard not to think of it as a new American masterpiece.” Mashable

“Brady Corbet builds on celluloid what Adrien Brody’s László Toth does with concrete: an unvarnished monument to the authentic American character.” Slant Magazine