Brady Corbet's "brutalist" He did not win the best image prize at this year's Academy Awards, but the shot was softened by Adrien Brody, taking home trophy for his performance (besides the two other Oscars he won the night). Moreover, the historical drama finds a new lease of life on streaming, with Flixpatrol Noticing that this is HBO Max's most watched movie at the time of this writing. The buzzing of the Oscars may end, but the "brutalist" seems to have the power to stay.

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In the film, Brody plays Lasley Tot, a Hungarian-Jewish survivor Holocaust, who moves to America to chase his dream of becoming an architect after World War II. The story has been going on for decades, making a widespread EP that chronicles the architect's difficulties while disseminating the idea of ​​the American dream, so don't get into the film expecting a story that is only for fancy buildings. Not even Controversy of AI's "brutalist" is bad enough to pull it down, and it says a lot.

Despite being a work of fiction, The "brutalist" is praised for his realismEspecially for the way it authentically shows the experiences of Holocaust survivors. The theme is also close to the heart of Brody, and his family's experiences have helped him get into his character's mind. So what made the project so appealing to the actor?

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Similar to the story of László tóth that emigrated to the United States in the "brutalist", the parents and grandparents of Adrien Brody also escaped the difficulties and left Europe for America after World War II. Not only that, but the actor has family members who survived the Holocaust and brought his experiences into his performance when he brought his face to life. As he said BBC:

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"It's wonderful, it's an opportunity for me to respect my ancestors of the ancestors - the difficulties of my mother and my grandparents in Hungary's fleeing in the 1950s and to emigrate to the United States.

Brody's empathy for his character undoubtedly helped boost his performance and he has awards to show them. The "brutalist" will go down in history as one of the roles they define in the actor's career, and the success of HBO MAX's film hopes to expose his miracles to even more fans.