The Brutalist

#The Brutalist is a 2024 epic period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold.It stars Adrien Brody as a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.The cast also features Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola.A co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hungary,The Brutalist premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1,2024,where Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction.It was released in the United States by A24 on December 20,2024,in Hungary by UIP-DunaFilm on January 23,2025,and in the United Kingdom by Focus Features through Universal Pictures International on January 24,2025.The film received critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, performances,cinematography, and score. Several critics viewed it as a return to form for resurrecting the intermission and VistaVision,the latter of which was mostly used until the 1960s.The film earned 10 nominations at the 97th Academy Awards[including Best Picture, Best Director,Best Actor for Brody, Best Supporting Actress for Jones, and Best Supporting Actor for Pearce]9 nominations at the 78th British Academy Film Awards[winning four including Best Actor for Brody & Best Direction for Corbet]and at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards won three awards including Best Motion Picture–Drama.It was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the American Film Institute. It has grossed $31.1 million against a $9.6 million budget.Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and Bauhaus-trained architect László Tóth, forcibly separated from his wife and orphaned niece after being sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp, emigrates to the United States. As his ship enters New York Harbor,he spies the Statue of Liberty, although from his vantage point it appears to be askew and nearly upside down[an image reprinted on the film's poster and in the opening titles].The Brutalist had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where it competed for the Golden Lion and won the Silver Lion for Corbet.It also played at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6,2024.The film's festival run also included selections for screenings at the 2024 New York Film Festival,the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival, and the 31st Austin Film Festival.A week after its premiere at Venice,A24 acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film for "just under $10 million" in what was described as a competitive situation.It was released in the U.S. by A24 on December 20, 2024,and was released in the United Kingdom by Focus Features through Universal Pictures UK on January 24, 2025.In Canada,it was distributed by Elevation Pictures.It was screened in IMAX theaters two days prior to its limited theatrical release for New York and Los Angeles before being screened in IMAX nationwide throughout January.It was featured in the Limelight section of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam to be screened in February  2025.its Hindi version is releasing on Feb 28 2025......