Fresh off its Golden Globes wins for Best Drama, as well as Best Director and Best Actor, The Brutalist will open at Sag Harbor Cinema on January 17th. Co-writer Mona Fastvold and production designer Judy Becker will join the Cinema for a special screening on Sunday, January 19th at 3pm followed by a Q&A.
Fastvold, an acclaimed director on her own (her last feature, The World to Come, premiered at the 2003 Venice Film Festival), co-wrote The Brutalist with her partner Brady Corbert, along with two of his other films The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux. Production designer Becker (Carol, American Hustle, Brokeback Mountain, I’m Not There) was responsible for both designing the visual concept of The Brutalist and for developing and envisioning the body of work of its protagonist, the fictional character László Toth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian architect who escapes Europe during WWII and arrives in America to rebuild his life.
“Hailed as a new American masterpiece and called a ‘monumental’ achievement — by Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Time Out, and The Hollywood Reporter — The Brutalist was seven years in the making, shot in three countries on film in large format VistaVision, and almost entirely independently financed,” says Sag Harbor Cinema’s Artistic Director Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan. “The depth, vigor, and boldness of its vision solidify 36 year old Corbet as one of the most exciting and daring directors working in contemporary cinema and makes his collaboration with Fastvold an inspiring one to watch.”
The Brutalist had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in September 2024 where it received the Silver Lion. The film also received Best Film and Best Actor (Adrien Brody) awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and most recently received three Golden Globe wins for Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor in a Drama (Adrien Brody).
