Adrien Brody as László Tóth sitting under a tree and writing in a book in The Brutalist.
After sitting with László Tóth 's epic journey for 215 minutes in Brady Corbet’s film, it certainly seems like The Brutalist is based on true events—it's utterly convincing enough. One may have convinced themselves during The Brutalist's intermission that they once read about the community center in Pennsylvania whose construction takes up the bulk of the plot.
The Brutalist introduces László at a low status and humble time in his adult life. Audiences are to witness how he is discovered in America and how his eventual success changes him over time—it is about the creation of what would be the character’s greatest work. How László reconciles art with commerce and work with his personal life drives the drama, like recent biopics Maestro and A Complete Unknown.
Corbet’s name choice for his protagonist is perhaps intentional and/or ironic. The Brutalist is shot in the real marble quarry in Italy where Michelangelo sourced materials for his statues, including the Pietà. The fictional László takes his client Harrison Lee Van Buren there to source marble for the community center they're building.
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