Brutalist, The (2024)

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Synopsis

Dir: Brady Corbet. Drama. A Hungarian architect (Adrien Brody), along with his wife (Felicity Jones) and niece (Raffey Cassidy), try to make a life in Pennsylvania after being displaced by World War II, where his career becomes entangled with a building project for a wealthy businessman (Guy Pearce).

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, scatological slang, and vulgar expressions
• A single portrayal of sexual assault - little detail, no nudity; infrequent portrayals of hand-to-hand violence - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of explicit and non-explicit sexual activity - male genital nudity, female frontal nudity, and breast and buttock nudity, and explicit detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent detailed portrayals of illegal substance use in an addiction context - much detail; infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Dedication to craft
• Identity and belonging
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for explicit sexual content and substance abuse

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