'Maestro' chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conduct
Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.
The new biopic Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, tells a nuanced story of the larger-than-life musician Leonard Bernstein. While the iconic conductor, composer and teacher was the propulsive force in any room he walked into, this film is a sympathetic, sensitive portrait of his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, and their marriage.
Bernstein's chaotic, irrepressible energy always seemed to extend in a million different directions at once. That's clear from is the story of Felicia.
