Visionary concepts, a radical new beginning and the inexhaustible issue of the true price of success: The Brutalist charts the epic biography of the Jewish Hungarian architect László Toth who puts everything on the line in the aftermath of the horrors of the Second World War to make a new start in the United States. Drawing on a profound sense of anguish and loss, Toth conceived of the frigid and monumental force of brutalism as an artistic reflection of his own anguished soul. His designs are as uncompromising as he was himself in his unwavering determination to shape the world. "A major work of art” time out. "A monumental masterpiece of wellnigh infinite beauty” filmstarts