Director: Brady Corbet
Adrien Brody stars as a Hungarian architect rebuilding his life on American soil in "The Brutalist," Brady Corbet's sweeping 2024 drama.
What is The Brutalist about?
László Tóth survives the ruins of postwar Europe only to land, penniless and unmoored, in Pennsylvania. Separated from his wife Erzsébet by wartime borders and bureaucracy, he takes whatever work he can find while chasing the promise of the trade that once made him respected back home: design and construction on a grand scale. That promise arrives in the shape of Harrison Lee Van Buren, a wealthy industrialist who spots something rare in László's eye for form and structure. Van Buren offers patronage, commissions, and a foothold in a country that has otherwise treated the architect as disposable labor. But the closer László gets to the life he lost, the more the arrangement reveals its price — favors owed, control ceded, a marriage strained further by distance and by the compromises survival demands. The film tracks his rise across years, weighing what it costs an artist to be seen again after being erased.
Cast & crew
Adrien Brody anchors the film as László, opposite Felicity Jones as Erzsébet and Guy Pearce as the industrialist Van Buren, with Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, and Isaach de Bankolé rounding out the supporting cast.
Context & significance
Director Brady Corbet shot the film as a co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, framing László's story as an immigrant epic told at feature length rare for contemporary drama — running 215 minutes across two distinct movements. The production drew attention for its use of large-format film photography to capture both the scale of Van Buren's commissions and the intimacy of László and Erzsébet's fractured reunion.
Where & how to watch
"The Brutalist" is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, presented with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer either option. The K-Time interface itself runs in Farsi, built for Iranian diaspora audiences who want a full-length awards-season drama without hunting across scattered sources.