The Brutalist was applauded for 13 minutes at the Venice Film Festival

According to cinemadrame, the three-and-a-half-hour film The Brutalist by Brady Corbet was applauded for 13 minutes during its screening on Sunday night at the 81st Venice Film Festival. Variety reports that after the film’s screening in Venice, shouts of “bravo” echoed through the theater. The film’s scores on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic have not been released yet, but some critics have described The Brutalist as a “tremendous achievement” and a “modern masterpiece.”

Corbet’s latest film, the director of Vox Lux, tells the story of an architect named Laszlo Toth, played by Adrien Brody, and his wife, played by Felicity Jones, who have come from post-war Europe to modern America. However, their lives are forever changed after encountering a mysterious and wealthy man, played by Rhys Ifans. The film also stars Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Emma Lord, Raffey Cassidy, and Alessandro Nivola.

Brody had mentioned hours earlier at the press conference that he was inspired by his mother for his role in the film, who emigrated to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and, like his character, forgot “the dream of being an artist.” “I felt an immediate connection and understanding,” he said. Corbet mentioned that it took him seven years to make this film: “Making this film was incredibly difficult. I’m feeling very emotional today because I worked on this film for seven years, and for most of the past decade, every day, it felt like an incredibly necessary film.”