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.
“A work with such a refined sense of style and place feels like it existed in the world before ever thought of, quietly buried somewhere, just waiting to be found. It is hard to conceive of a director this young and early in his career to be able to deliver a film that comes out of the gates with the confidence and grandeur of a classic. And not a classic in the making, but one already made.” —Rafa Sales Ross, The Playlist “THE BRUTALIST is a colossal achievement, balancing intimacy and scale at every level of craft. At 3 hours, 35 minutes, it asks a lot from its viewers. Every second is well spent.” —Alex Harrison, ScreenRant “[Director Brady] Corbet deconstructs the myth of America with scalpel precision, working in the same sharp geometric lines as his protagonist.” —Hannah Strong, Little White Lies “This is a film with thrilling directness and storytelling force, a movie that fills its widescreen and three-and-a half-hour running time with absolute certainty and ease, as well as glorious amplitude, clarity and even simplicity — and yet also with something darkly mysterious and uncanny to be divined in its handsome shape.” —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
