A Hungarian born Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) survives the Holocaust and immigrates to America. Although addicted to heroin, he struggles to attain the American dream until a wealthy client (Guy Pearce) enters and changes his life. Co-written and directed by Brady Corbet (VOX LUX), who won the best director award at the Venice film festival for his work here. An epic period drama that runs three hours and 40 minutes including an intermission and shot in the higher resolution VistaVision process. It's a powerful look at the immigrant experience starting with 1947 and ending in 1980 with Brody's architect a broken man at the film's beginning and try as he might, he can't seem to heal himself. Brody is amazing here but the best performance comes from Guy Pearce as his disturbed mentor. It's ambitious film making and director Corbet aces it. The period detail in the art and set direction is stunning, almost as if I were watching a movie in the 1940s or 1950s. There are some unpleasant images in the film, the shooting up of heroin and the most disturbing male rape scene since DELIVERANCE (1972). The audacious score is by Daniel Blumberg. The excellent cast includes Felicity Jones (sensational as Brody's wheelchair bound wife), Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Issach D. Bankole and Alessandro Nivola.
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