The Brutalist

The Brutalist
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brady Corbet
Written by	Brady Corbet Mona Fastvold
Produced by	Trevor Matthews Nick Gordon Brian Young Andrew Morrison Andrew Lauren D.J. Gugenheim Brady Corbet
Starring	Adrien Brody Felicity Jones Guy Pearce Joe Alwyn Raffey Cassidy Stacy Martin Emma Laird Isaach de Bankolé Alessandro Nivola
Cinematography	Lol Crawley
Edited by	Dávid Jancsó
Music by	Daniel Blumberg
Production companies	Brookstreet Pictures Kaplan Morrison
Distributed by	A24 (United States) Universal Pictures Focus Features (International)
Release dates	September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)(Venice) December 20, 2024 (2024-12-20)(United States) January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24)(United Kingdom)
Running time	215 minutes [1]
Countries	Hungary [2] United Kingdom [2] United States
Language	English
Budget	$9.6 million [3]
Box office	$687,444 [4] [5]

The Brutalist is a 2024 epic ^[6] historical drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet from a script he co-wrote with Mona Fastvold. An international co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and Hungary, it stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. It follows the life of László Tóth, a fictional Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction. ^[7] It received critical acclaim and was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the American Film Institute. ^[8] It received seven nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, including nominations for Brody, Jones and Pearce in the acting categories and Best Motion Picture - Drama. It was released in the United States by A24 on December 20, 2024, and set to be released in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures and Focus Features on January 24, 2025.

Plot

Part 1: The Enigma of Arrival

Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody), who was forcibly separated from his wife, Erzsébet (Felicity Jones), and niece, Zsófia (Raffey Cassidy), emigrates to America. Tóth travels to Philadelphia to visit cousin Attila and his American wife, Audrey, who allow him to stay with them while he looks for employment.

In 1947, László helps with his cousin’s furniture business, and he and Attila are commissioned to renovate the study and library of wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) by his son, Harry (Joe Alwyn), as a surprise to his father while he is away on business. Harrison arrives home furious at the state of the renovations, and orders László and Attila to leave without pay for the labor and materials. Some while later, Attila regretfully asks László to leave his home after Audrey accuses him of making advances towards her.

Years later, László is living in charitable housing within a church, where he befriends Gordon, a poor African-American man struggling to raise his young son. Gordon discovers that László is covertly smoking heroin before dangerous work together at a shipyard. One day, Harrison locates László, and tells him his modern study/library has been lauded by the architectural community. He pays László the money owed from the library renovation, which László and Gordon then spend on heroin.

Invited to a party by Harrison, László is treated as a guest of honor. With the revelation of László's past in Europe as an accomplished architect, and wanting to build and leave a monumental legacy, Harrison commissions him to construct a community center in honor of his late mother featuring a library, theater, gymnasium, and a chapel. Work begins immediately with László living and working on site, employing Gordon, who, along with László, has become a fully functioning heroin addict. For László's services, Harrison's personal lawyer is able to expedite Erzsébet and Zsófia's immigration to America.

Part 2: The Hard Core of Beauty

In 1953, László greets Erzsébet and Zsófia at the train station, where he discovers that due to the conditions and traumas suffered in the war and its aftermath, Zsófia has become mute and Erzsébet has developed osteoporosis and is now a full-time wheelchair user. During construction of the center, László learns of changes to the design and materials made without his approval, and butts heads with the other developers. Though László intends to pay out of his pocket for the materials necessary to his intended vision, Harry warns him to stay in his place, saying he is merely "tolerated," and makes unsavory sexual allusions to Zsófia, whom László warns to stay away from Harry, though he may have already assaulted her. Sometime later, the train carrying László’s materials derails and crashes, critically injuring two brakemen. With the expected legal fees and the increased cost it would take to transport the materials, Harrison abandons the construction and lays off all workers and László.

Years later, László has been employed by an architecture firm in New York City, where he and Erzsébet now live a metropolitan life. Zsófia, having overcome her muteness, is expecting a child with her new Jewish husband. She announces to her aunt and uncle that they are moving to Jerusalem in the then-newly established state of Israel, and unsuccessfully urges them to come with her. One day, Harrison contacts László to inform him that, by forgoing his community center’s library to cover legal expenses from the train crash, they can resume construction while staying on budget.

In order to acquire the stone to complete the building, László contacts an old Italian ally whose antifascist militia has taken control of a quarry in Carrara. The night before their return to America, Harrison and Lázsló party inside the quarry, and Harrison rapes László as a show of dominance, and berates him for wasting his potential. After their return, an increasingly traumatized and anxious László begins to unravel, aggressively yelling at a worker playing on the scaffolding, firing his friend Gordon, and avoiding a meeting with a developer.

After Erzsébet runs out of pain medication for her osteoporosis, László begins injecting her with heroin, which she nearly overdoses on one night. Growing sick of America, she proposes they live in Jerusalem with Zsófia and her family; László accepts.

One night, Erzsébet pays Harrison a visit at his home, and calls him a rapist in front of his children and associates. Harry violently attacks her and drags her out of the house, while his sister, Maggie, tends to her. Harry returns to the dinner table, only to find the guests leaving, and Harrison disappeared without a trace, though it is implied he may have committed suicide.

Epilogue

In 1980, Erzsébet has died, and an exhibition is held in Venice, paying tribute to László's work over the years, including the community center which finally completed construction over a decade after it was halted. A now adult Zsófia gives a speech highlighting how their experience with the Holocaust inspired László's works, including the community center. She ends by recounting what László once told her, "No matter what the others try and sell you, it is the destination, not the journey.”

Cast

• Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America
• Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth, László's wife
• Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren, a wealthy industrialist who becomes László's most important client
• Joe Alwyn as Harry Lee Van Buren, Harrison's entitled and pompous young son
• Raffey Cassidy as Zsófia, László's mute, orphaned teenage niece
  • Ariane Labed as adult Zsófia
• Stacy Martin as Maggie Van Buren, Harry's twin sister
• Emma Laird as Audrey, Attila's wife
• Isaach de Bankolé as Gordon, László's friend
• Alessandro Nivola as Attila, a furniture store owner in Philadelphia and László's cousin
• Michael Epp as Jim Simpson
• Jonathan Hyde as Leslie Woodrow
• Peter Polycarpou as Michael Hoffman
• Maria Sand as Michelle Hoffman
• Salvatore Sansone as Orazio, László's friend in Carrara

Production

Development

Director and co-screenwriter Brady Corbet

In September 2018, Deadline reported that director Brady Corbet had chosen the period drama The Brutalist as his next project following the world premiere of his second feature film, Vox Lux . ^[9] New York-based Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) developed the screenplay with Corbet and financed the film. ^[9] Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Mona Fastvold, with whom he co-wrote the 2015 film The Childhood of a Leader and the 2018 film Vox Lux. ^[10] The film was originally announced as a co-production between Andrew Lauren and D.J. Gugenheim for ALP, Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon for Brookstreet Pictures, ^[11] Brian Young's Three Six Zero, ^[9] and the Polish company Madants, ^{[12] [13]} and executive produced by Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and David Hinojosa of Killer Films. ^[11]

On September 2, 2020, Deadline announced that Joel Edgerton and Marion Cotillard had been cast as the film's leads, László Tóth and Erzsébet Tóth, respectively, and that Mark Rylance was cast in the role of László's mysterious client. ^[11] Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Raffey Cassidy and Stacy Martin were also announced in unknown roles. ^[11] Corbet described The Brutalist as "a film which celebrates the triumphs of the most daring and accomplished visionaries; our ancestors", and the project which is so far the closest to his heart and family history. ^[11] Filming was scheduled to begin in Poland in January 2021. ^{[14] [11]} Protagonist Pictures presented the project to buyers at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. ^[11] The film takes place in Pennsylvania and was shot in English, Yiddish, Hungarian and Italian. ^{[10] [11]}

Director of photography Lol Crawley, editor Dávid Jancsó, and costume designer Kate Forbes were announced on March 9, 2023. ^{[15] [16]} Production designer Judy Becker was announced on April 11, 2023. ^[2] Daniel Blumberg composed the film's score. ^[17]

On April 11, 2023, it was announced that Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Jonathan Hyde, Emma Laird, and Peter Polycarpou would star in the film, while Edgerton, Cotillard, Rylance, Stan, and Kirby were no longer attached. ^[2] It was also announced that the film would be co-produced by the US-based companies Andrew Lauren Productions and Yellow Bear along with the United Kingdom's Brookstreet and Intake Films, and Hungary's Proton Cinema, ^[2] and financed by Brookstreet UK, Yellow Bear, Lip Sync Productions, Richmond Pictures, Meyohas Studio, Carte Blanche, Cofiloisirs, and Parable Media. ^[2] CAA Media Finance handles US sales with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales. ^[2] Focus Features subsequently acquired international distribution rights to the film. ^[18]

Filming

Filming was originally set to start in 2020, ^[19] but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[19] It was then scheduled to start in January 2021, ^[14] but it was postponed to August 2021, ^[20] then it was postponed again to the second quarter of 2022. ^[19] Corbet said filming was postponed several times due to the pandemic as well as several pregnancies and deaths in the families of the film's cast and crew. ^[21]

After several delays, filming finally began in Budapest, ^{[22] [2]} Hungary, on March 16, 2023. ^[23] Production then moved to Carrara, Tuscany, on April 29, 2023, ^{[24] [25]} and was completed on May 5, 2023. ^[26]

The film was shot using the VistaVision process and cameras, which involves shooting horizontally on 35mm film stock, which was then scanned, with the intention of also making prints for a 70mm film release. ^[27] VistaVision was selected for its ability to offer a wide field of view without the use of wide angle lenses while still maintaining a shallow depth of field, making it ideal for architectural photography. ^[28] Corbet explained the choice of VistaVision was also aesthetic: "It just seemed like the best way to access that period (1950s) was to shoot on something that was engineered in that same decade." In addition, the film is presented in two acts with a 15-minute intermission. ^[29]

Music

Main article: The Brutalist (soundtrack)

The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by Daniel Blumberg
Released	December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
Length	81:22
Label	Milan
Producer	Daniel Blumberg Peter Walsh
Daniel Blumberg chronology
Gut (2023) The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2024)

The film's score was composed by Daniel Blumberg, who had previously worked with Corbet on the short film Gyuto (2019), with the two working together on the film over a span of seven years. ^{[30] [31]} The album containing the score was released on December 13, 2024, through Milan Records. ^[31] Blumberg and Corbet wanted continuous music for the film's first ten minutes, resulting in the opening sequence of The Brutalist being choreographed and shot to Blumberg's demos. ^[30] The overture features pianists John Tilbury, Sophie Agnel  [ fr ], and Simon Sieger, trumpeter Axel Dörner, and saxophonist Evan Parker, all of whom appear throughout the soundtrack. ^[30] Synth-pop musician Vince Clarke plays the synthesizer on "Epilogue (Venice)". ^[31]

The experimental "Construction" was the first track Blumberg wrote for the score; an early demo was composed on a prepared piano at London's Cafe Oto to create a sound similar to construction noises. ^[31] "Erzsébet", one of the score's themes, was played by Blumberg live on a piano since Corbet wanted the actors to hear the music while shooting; the train noises from the scene were eventually incorporated into the track's final version. ^[31]

All music is composed by Daniel Blumberg.

The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture (Ship)"	4:49
2.	"Overture (László)"	3:01
3.	"Overture (Bus)"	2:12
4.	"Chair"	1:44
5.	"Van Buren's Estate"	0:53
6.	"Library"	3:26
7.	"Jazz Club"	3:38
8.	"Porn"	2:11
9.	"Monologue"	2:38
10.	"Up the Hill"	1:11
11.	"Pennsylvania"	1:01
12.	"Bicycle"	2:55
13.	"Steel"	2:12
14.	"Intermission" (featuring John Tilbury)	11:22
15.	"Erzsébet"	2:50
16.	"Handjob"	1:35
17.	"Bath"	1:02
18.	"Building Site"	4:31
19.	"Ribbon Cutting"	1:38
20.	"Picnic by the Lake"	1:52
21.	"Gordon's Dinner"	0:55
22.	"Looking at You"	1:00
23.	"Train Crash"	3:13
24.	"New York"	0:57
25.	"Stairs"	1:37
26.	"Carrara"	1:24
27.	"Marble"	2:08
28.	"Tunnel"	1:05
29.	"Construction"	2:50
30.	"Heroin"	3:33
31.	"Search Party"	3:21
32.	"Epilogue (Venice)"	2:55

Release

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. ^[32] It also played at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024. ^[33] 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. ^{[34] [35] [36]} 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. ^[37] It was released in the U.S. by A24 on December 20, 2024, ^[38] and is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures and Focus Features on January 24, 2025. ^[39]

It is set to be 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.

Reception

Critical response

Adrien Brody's performance received critical acclaim and numerous accolades.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 93% of 134 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.8/10.The website's consensus reads: "Structurally beautiful and suffused with Adrien Brody's soulful performance, writer-director Brady Corbet's immaculately designed The Brutalist is a towering tribute to the immigrant experience." ^[40] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 91 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". ^[41]

The film received a five-star review from The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw, who called it "an amazing and engrossing epic". He continued: "The Brutalist obviously takes something from Ayn Rand, but also from Bernard Malamud and Saul Bellow in its depiction of the US immigrant adventure and the promise of success – but maybe Corbet and Fastvold go further and faster into how dizzyingly sensual and sexual it all is". Bradshaw concluded: "It is an electrifying piece of work, stunningly shot by cinematographer Lol Crawley and superbly designed by Judy Becker. I emerged from this movie light-headed and euphoric, dizzy with rubbernecking at its monumental vastness." ^[42] In a review for Vogue , the cinematography, score, costumes, and production design were described as "sumptuous", "impressively stylish", and possessing a "staggering ambition". ^[43]

NPR included the film in their list of the best movies and TV of 2024, with critic Bob Mondello writing that The Brutalist is "Gorgeous, conceptually stunning, and dizzying in its savagery about cracks in the foundation of the American dream." ^[44]

RogerEbert.com writers named The Brutalist in the top slot of the Roger Ebert's Ten Best Films of 2024, which is determined by Borda count of the site's writers. ^[45]

Accolades

Award	Ceremony date	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Venice International Film Festival	September 7, 2024	Golden Lion	Brady Corbet	Nominated	[46]
		Silver Lion		Won
		ARCA CinemaGiovani Award for Best Film of Venezia 81		Won	[47]
		Premio CinemaSarà		Won
		FIPRESCI Award for Best Film from Venezia 81		Won
		UNIMED Award for Cultural Diversity		Won
Valladolid International Film Festival	October 26, 2024	Golden Spike	The Brutalist	Nominated	[48]
Camerimage	November 23, 2024	Golden Frog	Lol Crawley	Nominated	[49]
		Silver Frog		Won	[50]
Gotham Awards	2 December 2024	Outstanding Lead Performance	Adrien Brody	Nominated	[51]
		Outstanding Supporting Performance	Guy Pearce	Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards	December 3, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Won	[52]
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Won
Astra Film and Creative Awards	December 8, 2024	Best Picture	The Brutalist	Nominated	[53]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
	December 8, 2024	Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	December 8, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Nominated	[54]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Won
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Nominated
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Won
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Nominated
		Best Acting Ensemble	The Brutalist	Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics	December 8, 2024	Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Won	[55]
		Best Score	Daniel Blumberg	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	December 8, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Runner-up	[56]
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Runner-up
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Won
San Diego Film Critics Society	December 9, 2024	Best Director	Brady Corbet	Nominated	[57]
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Runner-up
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association	December 12, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Won	[58]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Nominated
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Won
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Nominated
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Nominated
		Best Art Direction / Production Design	The Brutalist	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	December 15, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Nominated	[59]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Nominated
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Runner-up
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Nominated
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Nominated
		Best Score	Daniel Blumberg	Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	December 15, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Nominated	[60]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Won
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Won
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Won
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Won
Toronto Film Critics Association	December 15, 2024	Best Film	The Brutalist	Runner-up	[61]
		Best Lead Performance	Adrien Brody	Runner-up
New York Film Critics Online	December 16, 2024	Best Picture	The Brutalist	Runner-up	[62]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Runner-up
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Won
		Best Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Won
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Won
		Best Use of Music	The Brutalist	Won
Seattle Film Critics Society	December 16, 2024	Best Picture	The Brutalist	Nominated	[63]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor	Adrien Brody	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Nominated
		Best Film Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker	Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	December 18, 2024	Best Picture	The Brutalist	2nd Place	[64]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	2nd Place
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	2nd Place
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Won
		Best Screenplay	Bradt Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Won
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	2nd Place
Florida Film Critics Circle	December 20, 2024	Best Picture	The Brutalist	Nominated	[65]
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Won
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Nominated
		Best Art Direction / Production Design	The Brutalist	Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival	January 3, 2025	Desert Palm Achievement Award	Adrien Brody	Won	[66]
Golden Globe Awards	January 5, 2025	Best Motion Picture – Drama	The Brutalist	Pending	[67]
		Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Felicity Jones	Pending
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Pending
Austin Film Critics Association	January 6, 2025	Best Film	The Brutalist	Pending	[68]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Suporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress	Felicity Jones	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Pending
		Best Film Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Pending
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Pending
		Best Ensemble	The Brutalist	Pending
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	January 11, 2025	Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Pending	[69]
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Time Capsule	The Brutalist	Pending
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	January 12, 2025	Best Picture		Pending	[70]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Pending
		Best Editing	Dávid Janscó	Pending
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia	Pending
		Best Score	Daniel Blumberg	Pending
Satellite Awards	January 26, 2025	Best Motion Picture – Drama	The Brutalist	Pending	[71]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress	Felicity Jones	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Pending
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Pending
		Best Production Design	Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia and Mercédesz Nagyváradi	Pending
		Best Original Score	Daniel Blumberg	Pending
AACTA International Awards	February 7, 2025	Best Film	The Brutalist	Pending	[72]
		Best Direction	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress	Felicity Jones	Pending
		Best Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
Society of Composers & Lyricists	February 12, 2025	Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film	Daniel Blumberg	Pending	[73]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	February 15, 2025	Cinema Vanguard Award	Adrien Brody	Won	[74]
			Guy Pearce	Won
Independent Spirit Awards	February 22, 2025	Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending	[75]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	TBA	Best Film	The Brutalist	Pending	[76]
		Best Director	Brady Corbet	Pending
		Best Actor	Adrien Brody	Pending
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Guy Pearce	Pending
		Best Original Screenplay	Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Lol Crawley	Pending
		Best Editing	Dávid Jancsó	Pending

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External links

• The Brutalist at IMDb  
• The Brutalist at Protagonist Pictures