Actor turned director and co-writer Brady Corbet (“Vox Lux”) named the hero of his immigrant saga Lazlo Toth, the name of the fellow who busted up a famous statue way back when.

Not the same fellow, but what’s really interesting to me about this festival-buzzed epic is the fellow in the lead role.

Adrien Brody has marched to his own drummer, pretty much from the start of his career. He’s been a hep cat with not-unjustified delusions of Brando, gave one of the most memorable Oscar speeches in recent memory and has played roles large and small in big pictures and indie ones.

Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce also star in this drama with an Ayn Rand vibe — a visionary architect and his wife (Jones) flee Europe after WWII for America and make their fame — with the aid of a mysterious wealthy patron (Pearce).

This one comes to theaters at the height of Awards Season — Dec.