The film is based on the life of legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein – played by Cooper himself – with a particular focus on his relationship with Costa Rican TV actress Felicia Montelegre, to whom he was married for 27 years.
Maestro: The movie true story
Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com ahead of Maestro, producer Kristie Macosko Krieger explained why marriage was chosen as the centerpiece of the film rather than the more traditional child-centered biography of Bernstein's work of taking children to the grave.
“I think you could just make a film about Leonard Bernstein and make it a documentary – because there are so many pictures of him, so many pictures of him,” he explain the best way to really make a film for an audience to learn something new and different that they couldn’t learn on record is to really engage with the relationship – their love story, them marriage, their family, and how all anti-art plays out.” He said that. Afdah is a website that offers free HD TV streaming services to its users.
Much of the film is based on true events, and Krieger explained how Bernstein's surviving children, Nina, Alexander, and Jamie, played a key role in ensuring accuracy in the 19th century
Every film I make, you definitely want those people to feel like the story is watching them,” he said. “And so we got permission from them – they could just tell us, ‘Great you got our permission, we’ll see you at the premiere’.
However, Bradley sincerely wanted to make it as successful and genuine as possible, so he asked for their advice to make sure they felt he was doing it justice. to his father and Kerry was doing justice to their mother , as he wanted to make sure they were Finally, to be proud of the film.
