The epic fresco The Brutalistdirected by Brady Corbet, has finally been revealed in a trailer and promises a true cinema monument.
Winner of the directing prize during his visit to Venice, The Brutalist blew away the whole Lido (press, public and peers included). Since then, he has also conquered Hollywood and is widely one of the favorites at the end of year (or beginning of the year) award ceremonies. He was nominated seven times for the Golden Globes: best drama, direction, screenplay, actor in a drama for Adrien Brody, actor in a supporting role for Guy Pearce, actress in a supporting role for Felicity Jones and finally music.
At this stage, however, the film was revealed very little since A24 had only posted a teaser online. The Brutalistrather impressive but quite mysterious. No doubt to celebrate this round of nominations, the studio finally released a trailer in due form, presaging a fresco on epic America.
THE MEGABRUTALIST
The Brutalist tells the story of László Toth (Adrien Brody), a Jewish architect of Hungarian origin who emigrates to the United States in 1947, a few years after surviving World War II. In the first images of this trailer, we see him arrive in New York then Philadelphia to join his cousin and try to rebuild his life there. Forced to work in poverty, he will have a series of small contracts and disillusionments before a miraculous encounter.
Indeed, a mysterious client (Guy Pearce) will hire him to design a large modernist monument and help shape the landscape of modern America. At the same time, he does everything so that his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) can join him on the continent while she is stuck in Europe. Will the American dream finally come true? Or will this blessing turn into a curse? This synopsis of Brady Corbet’s film (co-written with Mona Fastvold) is already very long, but it’s nothing compared to the opulence of the final result.
And the majesty of The Brutalist is very well highlighted by the trailer with its gradual rise in power, the thunderous music of Daniel Blumberg and especially the incredible work of cinematographer Lol Crawley, it is difficult to reveal everything that his story tells. Between the duty of memory, architecture as art, religion, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, the American dream, male brutality, the hell of capitalism… it’s a world film, a real fresco of density unheard of.
The Brutalist also plays with genres between its great cruel tragedy, its family drama, its intimate romance, its historical fresco and its surrealism on the verge of horror during certain scenes. Suffice to say that it has to be seen to be believed, as the film encapsulates a myriad of subjects and images in 3h35 (including 15min intermission). To do this, you will have to go to the cinema (and on the biggest screen possible) from February 12, 2025 in France.
