The secret is out. Following The Brutalist‘s Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor win at the Golden Globes, Brady Corbet’s epic drama is a sure-fire Oscar contender. The timing couldn’t be better for next week’s theatrical expansion, and A24 is helping to spread the word with a new look at one of the best-reviewed movies of the year.
The latest trailer for The Brutalist (review here) is short but does include a few new glimpses at the nearly three-hour drama starring Adrien Brody as Jewish Holocaust survivor and genius architect László Toth. Toth embarks on an obsessive quest to acquire his piece of the American Dream and leave behind a legacy he can be proud of, only for the journey to reveal some of the worst aspects of humanity.
Also in the cast are Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach de Bankole, Alessandro Nivola, and Emma Laird. The film was directed by Corbet, who also co-wrote the script with his partner Mona Fastvold.
A24 expands The Brutalist nationwide on January 24th. Do yourself a favor and try to see it in 70mm if you can.
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…