The Brutalist

A man smoking a cigarette with sparks flying in front of his windswept face.

Writer-director Brady Corbet's monumental epic centers on László Tóth (Adrien Brody), an accomplished Hungarian Jewish architect who arrives in American to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László reconnects with family in Pennsylvania, where he also meets the powerful and morally bankrupt industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce). Van Buren commissions Tóth for an ambitious, renovation project to transform a library into a modern masterpiece, a project which consumes the driven architect, leading to professional success and personal chaos.

Featuring a remarkable performance by Adrien Brody and breathtaking VistaVision cinematography by Lol Crawley, The Brutalist is a provocative exploration of the immigrant experience in postwar American, exploring questions of identity, privilege, legacy, and historical trauma.

*Please note that the total runtime includes a 15-minute intermission.

Part of our "VistaVision!" series. Courtesy of A24. In English, Hungarian, Yiddish, Hebrew and Italian with English subtitles.