THE 48th edition of the São Paulo International Film Festival will feature the display of “The Brutalist “, a film that won the Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival this year. The information was confirmed by the event organizers to CNN .
Under the direction of Brady Corbet (from “Vox Lux”), the epic tells the story of visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody from “The Pianist”) and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones from “The Theory of Everything”), who, in 1947, escape war-torn Europe to start over and help shape modern America. However, the arrival of an enigmatic client radically changes the course of their lives.
With more than three hours long the film was acquired by the renowned A24 a prominent distributor at the moment and responsible for hits such as “Everything Everywhere at the Same Time “, “Aftersun ” and “Lady Bird: Time to Fly “. Currently, “The Brutalist” is one of the favorites for the 2025 Oscar for Best Film.
See other films that will be shown at the São Paulo International Film Festival
- “Maria Callas”, by Pablo Larraín – opening film
- “Anora” by Sean Baker
- “I’m Still Here”, by Walter Salles
- “All We Imagine as Light” by Payal Kapadia
- “Vermiglio”, by Maura Delpero
- “By the Stream” by Hong Sang-soo
- “Saturday Night” by Jason Reitman
- “Phantosmia” by Lav Diaz
- “My Sunshine” by Hiroshi Okuyama
- “The Devil’s Bath“, by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
- “Tú Me Abrasas”, by Matías Piñeiro
- “No Other Land” by Yuval Abraham
- “The Edge of Dreams”, by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir
- “The Apartments”, by Alessandra Celesia
- “Sugarcane” by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat
- “Here Children Do Not Play Together” by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- “Pavements” by Alex Ross Perry
The 48th edition of the São Paulo International Film Festival will take place on October 17th to 30th in cinemas in São Paulo .
Check out the main releases for the 2nd half of 2024 in theaters:
This content was originally published in Mostra de SP 2024 will have “The Brutalist”, winner of Best Direction in Venice on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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