No, ‘The Brutalist’ Isn't Based On a True Story — Except for One Thing
Brutalism is indeed a real mid-century architectural movement, but Brady Corbet's The Brutalist doesn't center around real-life events.
After sitting with László Tóth (Adrien Brody)'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. But The Brutalist is simply not a true story, and László Tóth was not a real Hungarian architect. Brutalism is indeed a real mid-century architectural movement, but the film just dances around this history, and none of the specific happenings in the film actually occurred.
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