Senior Film and Media Reporter
Brady Corbet and Adrien Brody share a moment during 'The Brutalist' 13-minute Venice Ovation
A24 has acquired U.S. distribution rights to "The Brutalist," a historical epic directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The 215-minute film (including an intermission!) debuted to critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival before opening for buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.
Multiple parties pursued the sale after "The Brutalist" drew a 12-minute standing ovation in Venice and won Corbet the Silver Lion Award for best director, with A24 emerging victorious in what has been described as a competitive situation. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal, which was worth just under $10 million, according to sources. A24 declined to comment.
“The Brutalist” chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Brody), who emigrates to the United States of America in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract that will change the course of the next 30 years of his life. Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola and Jonathan Hyde also star in the film, which Corbet co-wrote with his wife Mona Fastvold (“The Sleepwalker”).
