When eminent Hungarian architect and Nazi concentration camp survivor Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives at New York City’s Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty appears on the horizon – but it is inverted. Right from the get-go, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist sets itself up as an epic about the American Dream that will be rich as well as strange. Laszlo’s exhilaration at being alive and free is tempered by concern about his separation from his wife Erzsebet (Felicity Jones) and niece Zsofia (Raffey Cassidy). Despite his impressive credentials, Laszlo struggles to make a life for himself in his new adopted...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
