THE BRUTALIST New Trailer: Adrien Brody Seeks Monumental Opportunity in Brady Corbet’s Masterpiece

After months of anticipation given its festival circuit and awards season domination, we are just weeks away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Co-written with his partner Mona Fastvold, Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice before screening his monumental historical drama at TIFF and NYFF. The film was recently nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director for Corbet. Starring the knockout cast of Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach de Bankolé, Emma Laird, and Alessandro Nivola, the three-and-a-half-hour epic is set to open in NY & LA in 70mm on December 20, before expanding nationwide in January.

Here’s the official synopsis:

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…

In his review from TIFF, editor-at-large Matt Delman wrote, “The third feature from director Brady Corbet, The Brutalist, stands as a monument to grand epic cinema, and to the immigrant experience–much like the Statue of Liberty, which graces its opening scene… The ensemble cast enriches the material, no one moreso than Felicity Jones who is completely believable as a wheelchair-bound concentration camp survivor… While physically frail, her performance may be the strongest of the entire phenomenal cast. Architecture remains at the forefront throughout, even when we’re not getting a full update on the scope of the project. Production designer Judy Becker (Carol) tackled the seemingly impossible task of designing both the sets and the buildings seen in the film… While there has been much talk about the three-and-a-half-hour runtime, nobody in my theater seemed to get restless at any point… The massive architectural undertaking–four buildings in one–mirrors the massive filmmaking undertaking that Corbet and his collaborators have impressively delivered on. The Brutalist is being hailed as a masterpiece and though we don’t like to throw that word around too often, it’s hard to argue that any other film this year is as deserving of the acclaim.”

Watch the new trailer below.

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