The Brutalist
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Film · TMDB
7.0When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
Released: 2024-12-20215 minDir: Brady CorbetDrama
Cast
- Adrien Brody as László Tóth
- Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth
- Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr
- Joe Alwyn as Harry Lee
- Raffey Cassidy as Zsófia
- Stacy Martin as Maggie Lee
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.2/10
136,350 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
91/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 140 wins & 362 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brady Corbet
- Written by
- Brady Corbet Mona Fastvold
- Produced by
- Trevor Matthews Nick Gordon Brian Young Andrew Morrison Andrew Lauren D.J. Gugenheim Brady Corbet
- Starring
- Adrien Brody Felicity Jones Guy Pearce Joe Alwyn Raffey Cassidy Stacy Martin Emma Laird Isaach de Bankolé Alessandro Nivola
- Cinematography
- Lol Crawley
- Edited by
- Dávid Jancsó
- Music by
- Daniel Blumberg
- Production companies
- Brookstreet Pictures Kaplan Morrison
- Distributed by
- A24 (United States) UIP-DunaFilm , (Hungary) Universal Pictures Focus Features , (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- September 1, 2024 ( 2024-09-01 ) ( Venice ) December 20, 2024 ( 2024-12-20 ) (United States) January 24, 2025 ( 2025-01-24 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 215 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 24 January 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- brutalist architecture
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Brady Corbet
- Screenwriter
- Brady Corbet
- Cast member
- Peter Polycarpou
- Composer
Article
The Brutalist is a 2024 epic period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as a Jewish-Hungarian architect and severely traumatized Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to recover and get his life back on track. The cast also features Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. The film was shot using the VistaVision format which had been originally developed in the 1950s, and was the first film shot in the format since One-Eyed Jacks in 1961.
A co-production of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hungary, The Brutalist premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction. It was released in the United States by A24 on December 20, 2024; in Hungary by UIP-DunaFilm on January 23, 2025; and in the United Kingdom by Focus Features through Universal Pictures International on January 24, 2025.