The Brutalist (2024)
Directed by Brady Corbet
A Hungarian-Jewish architect who survived the camps lands in New York in 1947, finds work in Philadelphia and a wealthy patron in Doylestown, and spends years on a monumental building that takes him as far as the marble quarries of Carrara.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Arriving in New York Harbor≈ 00:05:00Statue of Liberty, New YorkStated on screen
From the ship's hold he sees the Statue of Liberty.
- 2Attila's furniture store≈ 00:10:00Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
His cousin gives him work and a bed.
- 3Van Buren mansion≈ 00:35:00Doylestown, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
They remodel the patron's library as a surprise, and he throws them out.
- 4Coal yard≈ 00:55:00Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaInferred
Down on his luck, László is found by a contrite Van Buren.
- 5Van Buren estate≈ 01:10:00Doylestown, PennsylvaniaStated on screen
Van Buren commissions a vast community centre on the hill.
- 6Philadelphia, Pennsylvania≈ 01:55:00Stated on screen
- 7Institute building site≈ 02:05:00Doylestown, PennsylvaniaInferred
- 8New York City, New York≈ 02:40:00Stated on screen
- 9Marble quarries≈ 02:50:00Carrara, ItalyStated on screen
- 10Van Buren mansion≈ 03:05:00Doylestown, PennsylvaniaInferred
- 11Venice Biennale of Architecture≈ 03:20:00Venice, ItalyStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 27,326 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 11
- Not shown: 27,326 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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