Felicity Jones cuts a seriously chic figure as she joins co-star Joe Alwyn at The Brutalist photocall during the Venice International Film Festival
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Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn led the star arrivals at the photocall for their film The Brutalist during the Venice International Film Festival in Italy on Sunday.
The actress, 40, looked demure as she arrived on the red carpet in a chic black and white belted dress, which she styled with black strappy heels.
Felicity's backless dress was paired with minimal accessories and the screen star wore her brunette locks in a pretty low ponytail.
She was joined by fellow actor Joe, 33, who looked equally stylish in an all black ensemble, consisting of a black shirt and suit with boots.
The Brutalist, which is 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 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 stylish in an all black ensemble, consisting of a black shirt and suit with boots
The actress, 40, looked demure as she arrived on the red carpet in a chic black and white belted dress, which she styled with black strappy heels
The Brutalist is a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor attempting to rebuild a life in America.
Director Brady Corbet said at the festival: 'The film is about the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th century. It's dedicated to the artists that didn't get to realise their vision.'
Inspired by the 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 pursue his art after the war in America.
Adrien Brody plays Tóth, and Felicity his wife, Erzsébet. He lives in near-poverty until a wealthy industrialist, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), gives him an important contract. Joe and Alessandro Nivola also star.
Adrien said it was a character and a story he felt an 'immediate kinship and understanding for.'
His mother, photographer Sylvia Plachy, was a Hungarian immigrant who fled in 1956 during the anti-Soviet revolution to restart and attempt to build a life as an artist.
Brody said: 'Even though it's fiction, it feels very real and very real to me. That's so important for me to embody a character and make it real.'
Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin and Felicity (pictured L-R)
The Brutalist, which is 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 expectations high.
Wearing sunglasses, Brady was feeling emotional speaking about the film, which he'd worked on for seven years.
'This film does everything that we are told we are not allowed to do,' said Corbet. He added that conversations about runtime are 'silly.'
'I've read great novellas, I've read great multi-volume masterpieces,' Corbet said.
'Maybe the next thing I make will be about 45 minutes, and I should be allowed to do that. … As Harmony Korine once said, cinema is stuck in the birth canal. And I agree with him.'
In 2018 Corbet brought his divisive Vox Lux, in which Natalie Portman plays a pop star who witnessed a school shooting in her youth, to Venice.
He earlier premiered The Childhood of a Leader there.
Brady wrote the script with his wife Mona Fastvold, who is also a filmmaker. Brady thanked the Venice Film Festival for supporting him.
'When no one was supporting these films, this festival was,' he said. 'It made my films possible.'
Joe, Alessandro, Stacy and Felicity posed together at the event
Felicity posed with her co-star Guy Pearce
(L-R) Joe Alwyn, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin, Felicity Jones, Isaach De Bankolé, Adrien Brody, Emma Laird, Guy Pearce and Raffey Cassidy
Stacy cut a stylish figure in a beige tuxedo dress and a funky belt
