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A Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of The Brutalist


A mostly spoiler-free summary of how Adrien Brody’s new movie spends its 215 minutes. (Yes, that’s three and a half hours.)

Adrien Brody stars as fictional Hungarian Holocaust survivor László Tóth, whom I will henceforth refer to as The Brutalist, who attempts to rebuild his life in America by building a monumental cultural center in the Philadelphia suburbs. 2 minutes: The Brutalist visits a jazz club with Jim Jarmusch regular Isaach de Bankolé that symbolizes the promise and excitement of the postwar era. 12 minutes: Joe Alwyn wears a series of classic period suits so unflattering that the Menswear Guy may be driven to move to the Shetland Islands and take a vow of silence.

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