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The Brutalist, partly shot in Hungary with a Hungarian crew, triumphed at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards on Monday morning (Central European Time).
The awards, presented in 14 film and 13 television categories, were decided by a vote of a journalists’ organization that has grown to over 300 members in the last two years. The Brutalist dominated this year’s Golden Globes alongside French musical Emilia Pérez.
The Brutalist took the award for Best Drama Motion Picture, while actor Adrien Brody and director Brady Corbet also triumphed in the Drama category.
Brody thanked his mother and grandparents, who emigrated from Hungary, as he accepted the Golden Globe for Best Actor.
“You know, this story is really, the character’s journey is very reminiscent of my mother’s and my ancestors’ journey of fleeing war and coming to this great country,” the actor said in his speech.
“I owe so much to my mother and my grandparents for their sacrifice,” Brody added. He continued:
Although I do not know fully how to express all of the challenges that you have faced and experienced, and the many people who have struggled immigrating to this country, I hope that this work stands to lift you up a bit and to give you a voice.”
Earlier, Brody said that his personal connection was essential to his portrayal of the character, as his mother and grandparents emigrated to the United States from Hungary after the 1956 revolution. A few weeks before the Golden Globes, Brody was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he talked about his connection, saying that the film was very personal to him, “because I am a son of a Hungarian immigrant.”
The Brutalist is an American-British-Hungarian co-production historical drama. Spanning three decades, the film focuses on the story of a fictional Jewish-Hungarian Holocaust survivor who arrives in America after World War II. The story follows architect László Tóth’s immigration to the United States with his wife, Erzsébet (Felicity Jones), as he struggles to fulfill his architectural ambitions while also facing his own demons.
Although Tóth’s character is fictional, it reflects the life of Hungarian architects Marcell Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy.
Corbet beat favorites such as Sean Baker (Anora) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) in the Best Director category at the Golden Globes, and his film will also be top contender for this year’s Oscars. The three-and-a-half-hour-long film will be released in cinemas in Hungary on January 23, 2025.
The full list of winners of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards is available here.
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