From this weekend you can now see The Brutalsit in theaters, without a doubt one of the films of the year and one of the favorites of the next edition of the Oscars. The movie of Brady Corbet, is the epic odyssey of a Jewish architect who arrives in the United States fleeing Europe occupied by the Nazis. With almost 4 hours duration, it tells the story of László Tóth, famous in Europe for his contribution to the Bauhaus movement, When he arrives in the United States, he must start from scratch and live like a vagabond, suffering from racism and mistrust. that Americans reserved for immigrants, whether political or economic refugees.
But, after delving deeper into the story, many wonder if it is based on real events and if the protagonist existed. Well, if you are looking for the name of László Tóth you will find the real character, but he is not the one the film is based on. We explain it to you:
“Unfortunately it is a fantasy film, it is a virtual story. It was the only way for me to access the past,” the director explained recently in an interview. Thus, Tóth has been portrayed as an architect trained at the Bauhaus and for whom inspiration has been drawn from real people such as Marcel Breuer, Louis Kahn and Paul Rudolph.
So, who is the László Tóth that appears on the internet? Its renown has nothing to do with architecture.
This is a Hungarian geologist who, in 1972, vandalized the famous sculpture The Pieta of Michelangelo in the Vatican, causing damage valued at millions of dollars. For this act, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Italy, becoming a controversial and historical figure. but that is not related to the character played by Adrien Brody.
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