Academy Award-Winning Film “The Brutalist” in Indian Lake
Adrien Brody stars in “The Brutalist.”
Fresh off winning the Academy Award for BesFresh off winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe for Best Picture, and numerous BAFTA and New York Film Critics awards, “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody, will be showing at the Indian Lake Theater from March 6 to March 9.
The film tells the story of László Tóth, a fictional character who escapes post-war Europe and arrives in America to rebuild his life, work, and marriage to his wife, Erzsébet. The couple was separated during wartime due to shifting borders and regimes.
The Geisel Library at UC San Diego, an excellent example of Brutalist Architecture.
On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (also fictional) recognizes László’s talent for design. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.
Van Buren asks Tóth to construct a community center for him. Initially, Harrison seems to be a supportive patron who appreciates László’s creative talents. However, as the story progresses, a different and more unsettling side of him is revealed, which may resonate as disturbingly accurate to some viewers.
Creative geniuses behind “The Brutalist.”
Adrien Brody plays László Tóth and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his efforts. He also won Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama “The Pianist” (2002) when he was 29, making him the youngest winner in the category.
Brody’s co-stars include Guy Pearce, nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Harrison Lee Van Buren in the film, and Felicity Jones, who also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Tóth’s wife.
Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist.”
Brady Corbet, an American filmmaker and actor, co-wrote, produced, and directed the movie. He has starred in films such as “Thirteen” (2003), “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (2011), “Melancholia” (2011), as well as the series “24” (2006) and “Olive Kitteridge” (2014).
Corbet made his directorial debut with “The Childhood of a Leader” (2015). He co-wrote and directed the musical drama “Vox Lux” (2018) before “The Brutalist,” for which he won the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and the Best Director Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. He also received three Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Praise for “The Brutalist.”
Writing for ABC News, film critic Peter Travers noted, “Brady Corbet’s engulfing masterpiece about an immigrant architect…is the best movie of the year, but it’s also way more than that— an unsentimental; uncompromising thunderbolt of pure cinema that Corbet has built to last.”
A scene from “The Brutalist.”
Danny Leigh in The Financial Times called The Brutalist “a movie of towering scale, gravity and technical accomplishment.”
Vanity Fair film critic Richard Lawson wrote, “Brody and Pearce vividly manifest Corbet’s arguments about the clash between art and money, between the old world and the new. When they are blazing away on screen together, The Brutalist swells to epic size.”
Watch a preview of “The Brutalist.”
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