Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn led the star-studded arrivals at the photocall for their film The Brutalist during the Venice International Film Festival in Italy on Sunday.
The 40-year-old actress looked demure as she hit the red carpet in a chic belted black and white dress, which she paired with strappy black heels.
Felicity’s backless gown was paired with minimal accessories and the movie star wore her brunette locks in a pretty low ponytail.
She was joined by fellow actor Joe, 33, who looked equally dapper in an all-black ensemble, consisting of a black shirt and suit with boots.
The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet, is one of 21 films competing for the festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award.
Felicity Jones (pictured) and Joe Alwyn led the star-studded arrivals at the photocall for their film The Brutalist during the Venice International Film Festival in Italy on Sunday.
She was joined by fellow actor Joe (pictured), 33, who looked equally dapper in an all-black ensemble, comprising of a black shirt and suit with boots.
The 40-year-old actress looked demure as she hit the red carpet in a chic belted black and white dress, which she paired with strappy black heels.
The Brutalist is a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor trying to rebuild his life in America.
Director Brady Corbet told the festival: “The film is about the physical manifestation of 20th-century trauma. It is dedicated to the artists who failed to realise their vision.”
Inspired by Jean-Louis Cohen’s book Architecture in Uniform, the film starring Adrien Brody as a Hungarian architect will have its world premiere on Sunday.
Spanning decades, The Brutalist tells the story of László Tóth and his attempts to continue his art in post-war America.
Brady plays Tóth and Felicity plays his wife, Erzsébet. They live in poverty until a wealthy industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), offers them a big contract. Joe and Alessandro Nivola also appear in the film.
Brady said it was a character and story that he felt an “immediate connection and understanding” with.
Her mother, photographer Sylvia Plachy, was a Hungarian immigrant who fled in 1956 during the anti-Soviet revolution to restart and try to build a life as an artist.
Brady said: “Even though it’s fiction, it feels very real to me and very true to life,” Brody said. “It’s very important to me to embody a character and make it real.”
Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin and Felicity (pictured, left to right)
The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet, is one of 21 films competing for the festival’s prestigious Golden Lion award.
Running 215 minutes (with a 15-minute intermission) and presented in 70mm, The Brutalist arrived in Venice with high expectations.
Wearing sunglasses, Brady grew emotional as he talked about the film, which he had been working on for seven years.
“This movie does everything we’ve been told we can’t do,” Corbet said, adding that talking about the film’s length is “nonsense.”
“I’ve read great novels, I’ve read great masterpieces in multiple volumes,” Corbet said.
“Maybe my next film will be about 45 minutes long, and I should allow myself that… As Harmony Korine once said, cinema is stuck in the birth canal. And I agree with him.”
In 2018, Corbet brought his controversial Vox Lux to Venice, in which Natalie Portman plays a pop star who witnessed a school shooting in her youth.
There he had previously premiered The Childhood of a Leader.
Brady wrote the script with his wife Mona Fastvold, who is also a filmmaker. Brady thanked the Venice Film Festival for its support.
“When no one else was supporting these films, this festival did,” he says. “It made my films possible.”
Joe, Alessandro, Stacy and Felicity posed together at the event.
Felicity posed with her co-star Guy Pearce
(L to R) Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin, Felicity Jones, Isaach De Bankolé, Adrien Brody, Emma Laird, Guy Pearce and Raffey Cassidy
Stacy cut an elegant figure in a beige tuxedo dress and a modern belt.
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