Ethan Hawke was even in the crowd, remaining on-hand throughout the ovation.

Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with Norwegian filmmaker and wife Mona Fastvold (The World to Come).

This fiction feels very real to me.

Adrien Brody blows a kiss while walking ‘The Brutalist’ red carpet at the Venice Film Festival

Adrien Brody attends the ‘The Brutalist’ red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival.Getty

Then again, as Frank Lloyd Wright might say, does any architect every really finish?

Focus Features acquired international rights to the film during the Berlinale.

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