Preview

The Brutalist (70mm presentation)

The new film by Brady Corbet, the director of The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux, is an audacious and enrapturing American post-war epic.

  • Directors

    Brady Corbet

  • With

    Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce

  • USA-UK-Hungary 2024. 215min (including 15min interval).

  • 70mm

  • Certificate

    18

  • Courtesy of Universal Pictures

Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Toth arrives in America in 1947 with nothing but his name. Navigating the poverty and degradation of a new life, his sole beacon of hope is the letters he exchanges with his wife, who remains stranded in Europe. But he soon crosses paths with a wealthy magnate who can potentially change his fortunes and offer him a path to the American Dream. Corbet’s portrait of Toth is a compelling excavation into the immigrant experience, and a potent rumination on the dark connections between capitalism, power, trauma and art. Corbet acts, directs, produces and writes (with Mona Fastvold) and viewing the film on 70mm further emphasises the dazzling grandeur and overwhelming majesty of his masterpiece, justifying its status as an instant classic.

Kimberley Sheehan, Film and Events Programmer

Contains scenes of sexual assault and drug use.

Tickets £22, concs £18 (Members pay £2 less). On sale Monday 23 December to BFI Patrons from 11:00, Members from 12:00 and on general sale from 16:00.

25 and Under tickets £5, available on the day of the preview only.

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