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Laszlo Toth was also the name of the man who defaced Michelangelo’s Pieta with a hammer
Tale
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are forever changed by a mysterious and wealthy client.
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(2024).
This ambitious post-war American epic opens with a fascinating long sequence that will surely last longer than 3:35 hours
The 70mm format fits the setting and makes the film visually stunning, along with bold camera work and stunning photography.
Blumberg’s music complements this, so the theater would surely be its perfect habitat
The script introduces interesting characters – even if the supporting ones are purely cosmetic – enhanced by great performances from Brody and Pearce.
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The problem here is in the final hour, as the writers decided to insert unexplored subplots that prevent the film from having a proper conclusion, leaving a bitter feeling of incompleteness and preventing this monumental project from achieving what it set out to do.
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