A24 has released the first trailer for Adrien Brody’s upcoming film The Brutalist, which is about a brilliant architect who emerges from the Holocaust in WWII and resettles in America.
In the film, “Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America 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 settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost…”
The Brutalist was directed by Brady Corbet (The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux) and it also stars Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, with Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola.
The movie has been getting great reviews so it seems to be a film worth checking out when its released.
Th movie premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it won the Best Director prize. A24 will debut the film in select US theaters, including 70mm projection, starting on December 20th, 2024.
