Behind the Candelabra
(2013)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 849 votes
Year: 2013
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Стивен Содерберг
Cast: Майкл Дуглас, Мэтт Деймон, Дэн Эйкройд, Скотт Бакула, Роб Лоу, Tom Papa, Пол Райзер, Bruce Ramsay, Никки Кэтт, Шайенн Джексон
Plot
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Scott Thorson, a young bisexual man raised in foster homes, is introduced to flamboyant entertainment giant Liberace and quickly finds himself in a romantic relationship with the legendary pianist. Swaddled in wealth and excess, Scott and Liberace have a long affair, one that Scott eventually begins to find suffocating. Kept away from the outside world by his flashily effeminate yet deeply closeted partner, and submitting to extreme makeovers and even plastic surgery at the behest of his lover, Scott eventually rebels. When Liberace finds himself a new lover, Scott is tossed onto the street. He then seeks legal redress for what he feels he has lost. But throughout, the bond between the young man and the star never completely tears.