Screening: The Brutalist

With post-screening conversation led by Elihu Rubin (Yale Urban Studies/Yale School of Architecture and American Studies)
and Maurice Samuels (Yale Department of French)

Date and time: Friday, January 17 at 3pm

Note: The film’s runtime is 3 ½ hours including intermission. There will be refreshments served starting at 2:30pm and will be provided outside the theater throughout the film. Food and drink are not permitted in the screening space.

Location: Humanities Quadrangle (HQ) L02
(New Haven, CT 06511)

Free and open to the public!
(No registration required. Please arrive early to be guaranteed a seat.)

Description: Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost…

2024 | Directed by Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, and Hungary | 215 minutes (3 ½ hours)
English, Hungarian, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Italian with English subtitles

Sponsored by Yale Urban Studies, Yale School of Architecture, Yale Jewish Studies, and the Whitney Humanities Center