Directed and co-written by Brady Corbet with Mona Fastvold, the film, just honored with three Golden Globes (including best drama) and opening in limited release on Friday, rehearses the old struggle of genius against mediocrity and philistinism.

Adrien Brody stars in Brady Corbet’s epic drama about a brilliant architect from Budapest hired by a dangerous capitalist played by Guy Pearce

The Brutalist,” which takes its name from the raw style of architecture that Tóth creates, is also about the incalculable trauma that followed World War II. It’s about the immigrant experience, and it’s about what happens when the American Dream beckons,