World Architecture Day Movie Night: The Brutalist
World Architecture Day Movie Night: The Brutalist
Event info:
Join AIA Eastern Pennsylvania for a special free movie night in celebration of World Architecture Day! We’ll be screening The Brutalist, a visually striking and thought-provoking film that explores the intersection of architecture, identity, and resilience through the story of a Hungarian architect building a new life—and legacy—in postwar America. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with fellow design enthusiasts and reflect on the impact of architecture in shaping lives and landscapes.
Date: Monday, October 6
Time: Movie starts at 6:00 pm
Location:
ArtsQuest, Frank Banko Alehouse Movie Theater.
101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Free admission. Limited seating. First come, first served — RSVP encouraged!
The Movie:
The Brutalist is a 2024 epic period drama starring Adrien Brody as a Jewish-Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream.
In 1947 Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and Bauhaus-trained architect László Tóth immigrates to the United States. László travels to Philadelphia and is soon approached by Harry Lee Van Buren, who wishes to surprise his father, wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, with a renovated library at his mansion near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is a story of architecture crossing two continents, the struggles of starting a new life with the hopes planted by a client to build the lifetime project.