Released on February 12, 2025, “The Brutalist” is one of the cinema events of the month that should not be missed before the Oscars.
Facing Bridget Jones 4 Or Captain America: Brave New Worldthis American author’s film nevertheless established itself as the cinema event of February 12, 2025. Because since its world preview at the Venice Mostra 2024, which earned it the Silver Lion of the staging, The brutalist has established itself as a serious competitor of American award ceremonies.
This 3:30 am fresco (cut by a 15-minute intermission) follows László Toth, a Jewish architect born in Hungary, who emigrated to the United States in 1945 after having lived hell in the concentration camps. He wishes to live his American dream, and attracts the curiosity of a rich aristocrat who commands him the creation of a monumental cultural center. But the American Dream of László Toth will quickly turn into a nightmare …
A film greeted by criticism
Adrien Brody is impressive in the main role, and gives the reply to a myriad of breathtaking actors in the second roles, including Felicity Jones (Snape One) and Guy Pearce (Memento) in mind. This epic which takes place over 30 years denounces the violence with which the United States deals with immigrants, figures respected in their countries of origin, crushed by racism, capitalism and anti-Semitism once on American land.
The whole thing is served by innovative staging choices and overwhelming sets (the statue of freedom, upside down and counter-muddled, which symbolizes in an implacable image all the words of the film) to demonstrate the reverse of the American dream. A work that talks about the past that remains terribly current.
“Masterpiece” for Release“monumental film” for Cinemateaser which marks “the birth of an exceptional filmmaker” according to First“sublime and solid on his foundations” for La Voix du Nord… French criticism is won over. The brutalist At least is already essential as one of the feature films to see absolutely this year. Noted 4.4/5 by the press on Allociné, he also won the spectator note of 4.1/5, already making one of the critical successes of this beginning of the year.
Oscars favorite
It is therefore not exaggerated to say that The brutalist is one of the very serious competitors for the Oscars. After the debacle that surrounds Emilia Pérez, The drama of Brady Corbet can be one of the big favorites of the evening which will take place on March 2, 2025. It is cited in 10 categories, especially for the Oscar for best film, best production, best actor and best actress in a supporting role and best actor in a supporting role. Winning the statuettes would come to hate a beautiful campaign, since the feature film has already won three Golden Globes (best dramatic film, best production, best actor in a dramatic film).
Controversy around AI
Unless a controversy around the use of AI in the mounting room comes to tarnish the chances of the film? Teams are notably accused of having used artificial intelligence to improve the Hungarian accents of Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones for the sake of authenticity, and for having created buildings in the film artificially. Director Brady Corbet reacted in a press release: “The performances of Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones are entirely theirs,” he said on January 20. “They worked for months with a dialect specialist to perfect their accents. Respeech technology [société derrière l’IA] Was used only for the assembly of Dialogues in Hungarian, in order to refine certain vowels and letters for more precision. The objective was to preserve the authenticity of the performance of Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in another language and not to replace or modify them, and this in the greatest respect for the profession “.
Brady Corbet also denied the fact that the film’s buildings would be created by IA: “All the images have been hand drawn by artists. To clarify, in the commemorative video in the background, our editorial team has created images intentionally designed to look like digital renderings from the 1980s. “
Synopsis – On almost 30 years, this film follows the story of László Toth, a Jewish architect born in Hungary. Revenue from concentration camps, he emigrated with his wife after the Second World War to know the “American Dream”.