The Brutalist
Movie • 2025 • History
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When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.
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Abandonment
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Mentioned. Van Buren's grandparents disowned his mother because had a child out of wedlock in her teenage years.
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Despite being raped, the protagonist continues to work for his abuser
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After Laszlo is raped, he starts behaving cruelly/rudely towards others
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there is discussion about a character drinking a bottle a night. there are also plenty of scenes in bars/clubs where people drink and get high. not a focus or main conflict of the film though.
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Heroin use throughout the film, graphic and shown numerous times.
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Is there addiction?
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characters inject heroin throughout the movie
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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if you want to skip this part, it’s during the second act (after intermission) when a man follows another man out of a club and into an alley
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[MAJOR SPOILERS]
Just because I found it upsetting I'm writing what happens in much more detail for those who might need it. In the third act when László and Van Buren go to Italy they attend a party in the marble mines. László drunkenly dances with a woman and kisses her before seeing himself away, too drunk to even stand up straight. Van Buren follows him and calls out to him before finding him vomiting and alone in a secluded area. Van Buren insults him before unbuckling his pants and raping László. This scene goes on for a while while the character is slowly and graphically raped in a shot that doesn't cut away. After 45 - 60 seconds Van Buren ends and continues to insult László before the scene ends.
I'll also say there's an earlier part in the film where László's wife Erzsébet gives him a hand job and he continually says no and cries during it. I don't think the film is framing this as a sexual assault, but I took it that way, and could be triggering to some.
Just because I found it upsetting I'm writing what happens in much more detail for those who might need it. In the third act when László and Van Buren go to Italy they attend a party in the marble mines. László drunkenly dances with a woman and kisses her before seeing himself away, too drunk to even stand up straight. Van Buren follows him and calls out to him before finding him vomiting and alone in a secluded area. Van Buren insults him before unbuckling his pants and raping László. This scene goes on for a while while the character is slowly and graphically raped in a shot that doesn't cut away. After 45 - 60 seconds Van Buren ends and continues to insult László before the scene ends.
I'll also say there's an earlier part in the film where László's wife Erzsébet gives him a hand job and he continually says no and cries during it. I don't think the film is framing this as a sexual assault, but I took it that way, and could be triggering to some.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone crushed to death?
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there's mention of it happening in the past
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There is an erotic scene where someone has a bedsheet over their face as part of the play. You can see the outline of their mouth as they gasp during the play. They are not actually struggling to breathe but it could easily look that way
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Does someone break a bone?
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Laszlo has a broken/crooked nose
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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a man shaves in the mornings with a straight razor
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Are any hands damaged?
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In the past/not shown. The Italian man hurt his right hand such that he cannot shake hands with it. Laszlo says "dangerous work" when asked what happened.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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In-universe -- as an adolescent the character of Zsofia is stated to have experienced harassment and attempted sexual assault at the hands of soldiers, and as a slightly older teen (age unclear) she's the target of an adult man's unwanted sexual attention. The film itself doesn't frame her or her body in an eroticized manner.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Only mentioned in the epilogue.
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Family
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One character shaves with a straight razor as a normal getting ready for the day scene. Another character is shaved by a personal barber during a meeting/project pitch.
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Is there a shower scene?
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yes, men shower together in a dormitory. they each have a curtain, but someone is looking for his friend in the showers so opens each shower curtain looking for him.
there are also scenes where someone is taking a bath.
there are also scenes where someone is taking a bath.
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Gross
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a bit before the 3 hour mark adrien brody's character v*s (just audio, it's a darkly lit scene so I didn't see any visual). happens after his character leaves a party & another character finds him in a cave
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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People call characters by Americanized versions of their names despite being corrected, obviously not the same thing but still worth mentioning
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Loss
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Some significant sketches and building plans are destroyed in a fit of rage, which could have similar emotional impact for some
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Is there a hospital scene?
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yes, someone is shown in a hospital bed in the hallway with a loved one (drug related) but they are ok
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Mental Health
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No. Zsofia is not autistic. However, she is targeted and taken advantage of due to being nonverbal (trauma induced mutism). As such, certain scenes may trigger autistic people who have been abused due to being nonverbal. (eg; when Harry begins talking about how Zsofia makes everyone uncomfortable by not responding verbally.)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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But potentially related triggers:
Having to queue for food
Being denied access to food
Poverty related hunger
Osteoporosis as a result of famine
Concentration camp related starvation
Comments on how thin people are who have starved in the war
Having to queue for food
Being denied access to food
Poverty related hunger
Osteoporosis as a result of famine
Concentration camp related starvation
Comments on how thin people are who have starved in the war
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Is autism misrepresented?
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A character is non verbal and “gets over it” but it’s because of trauma and not attributed to autism
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Is there misophonia?
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There is cacophony in the music
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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In addition to sexual assault trauma described above, three of the main leads are concentration camp survivors/survivors of antisemitic N**i violence, with different experiences of physical and psychological trauma. There's not conventional depictions of trauma flashbacks (in the sense of literal cinematic flashbacks showing what the characters are re-experiencing, or onscreen depictions of the camps) but there's emotional distress, anger, nightmares, a character becoming nonverbal, trouble sleeping, and trouble with sexuality/sexual function/intimacy.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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it's sort of unclear if there is a suicide or not
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There is a scene in which a main character is somewhat implied to have died by suicide. There is no depiction of the body or act itself, only other characters frantically searching for the person. The character is not mentioned or depicted again afterwards.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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During Part 1, there are several montages with archival footage (flickering image with some distortion and light flashes), and a short scene with an old timey p***o film (lots of flickers and scratches) being projected. The poster image of machinery sparks flying across Laszlo’s face appears 25 minutes in, including a shot in which the sparks create a strobing effect on a nearby wall.
Halfway through Part 2, there is a sequence including timelapse photography. The 1980 set epilogue is presented VHS-style with video distortion, sudden light and colour changes and brief flashes throughout.
Halfway through Part 2, there is a sequence including timelapse photography. The 1980 set epilogue is presented VHS-style with video distortion, sudden light and colour changes and brief flashes throughout.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Scenes taking place in vehicles have jerky/vibrating movement of the camera which may be disorienting
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Paranoia
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Behavior, definitely.
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It is a very important part of the film as it centers on a Jewish immigrant who faces numerous micro- and macro-aggressions from particularly the rich, affluent people who employ him.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Usage of the word negro to describe a black man, the tone in which it is said is insulting
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Sex
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Is there sexual content?
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Early on in the movie, a sex worker is trying to give Laszlo a b*****b The camera focuses on her face near his pelvis, but his pants don't go fully down. On that same scene, another sex worker is standing naked in the background. Later on, a bit after (SPOILER) Laszlo's wife arrives, she tries to initiate sex with him, nothing is really shown but there is some moaning. There's a rape scene, but it happens mostly in the dark (read more on the trigger about this). The more explicit scene comes later, when Laszlo and his wife are at home and they have sex, showing female full frontal nudity.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Sex worker naked in the background, pretty early on. Near the end, after Laszlo comes back from Italy, there are close shots of his wife's body during sex. Female full frontal (breasts and pelvis), male very mild (naked ass in this later scene, top of the pelvis on the first one).
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Maybe? It’s implied that Harry Lee might have raped Zsofia
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone homeless?
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Several characters experience homelessness for different periods of time, including a parent and child being turned away from a soup kitchen and told there's nothing left for them there + a Jewish character being told he must submit to Catholic proselytizing and collect money for the Christian organization if he wants to stay at a shelter.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Depends on how you interpret it— however, I’d say yes. I don’t know why everyone is voting no 😓
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Vehicular
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Train cars crash
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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someone drives recklessly/carelessly with someone else in the car
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Some comes out of his arm after he injects himself when he was rushing
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