The keys to “Maestro”, starring Bradley Cooper and with great chances of reaching the Oscar, can now be seen on Netflix

The biopic Teacherdirected and performed Bradley Cooper like the prestigious American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein -one of the most important figures in the world of classical music and brilliant composer of musicals such as Love without barriers- it can be seen from Wednesday 20th on Netflix.

It is the second performance of the actor, who moved from comedy to drama and who with A star was born he had made his debut as a director. Cooper now returns to deal with a personality linked to music, focusing on the figure of the composer and creator of famous musicals.

After its passage in theaters, the film – which includes none other than among its producers Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese– revolves around the love story between Bernstein and the Costa Rican actress Felicia Montealegre, played by the famous Carey Mulligan.

In TeacherBernstein’s prolific career, from his hasty debut as a conductor at age 25 in front of the New York Philharmonic to his final compositions and teachings of the 1980s, is quite in the background the chronology of a relationship based on almost unconditional support and family dedicationas well as based on suspicions, secrets and excesses.

An attractive love story

After meeting in the late 1940s and maintaining an on-and-off relationship for a few years, the musician and Felicia married in 1951, becoming one of the most famous couples of the New York intellectual jet set as guests of ostentatious meetings and parties in their apartment in the famous Dakota building.

While Bernstein composed successful operas and shows for Broadway such as West Side Story (Love without barriers) and became a reference in the world, His intimate life oscillated between patience, understanding, disappointment and conflict..

Teacher lifts the veil of a couple who also stood out his commitment to civil and human rights and opposed the war in Vietnam. The film seeks to examine, with sincerity and sensitivity, the ups and downs of a relationship that lasted almost 30 years.

From success in theaters to streaming and awards

Its global launch through streaming arrives after a short season in theaters and after the last edition of the Venice International Film Festival last September, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion, and after being included among the The 10 best films of 2023 according to the United States Film Institute.

Profiled from the beginning as a proposal in line with the standards of the awards season of critics and the film industry, Teacher officially begins his journey towards awards already with four nominations at the Golden Globes and another eight at the Critics’ Choice Awards.

Some specialized media such as Squire they assume it The film puts Bradley Cooper in the running for the Oscar for best actor “while Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon deflates.” One reason, says the same source, “is that we already know how much Hollywood favors biopics, and if anything usually surpasses great historical figures, it’s portraits of artists who have a lot to do with Hollywood“.

Great work by Cooper

Furthermore, unlike Ridley Scott’s film, The Bernstein biopic gives its distinctive, unrecognizable protagonist time to shine. This has not only to do with the interpretation of him, but with the verisimilitude of the character portrayed. Indeed, Cooper’s first images for the film had sparked controversy. It was said that the characterization of the musician, with a large prosthetic nose“stereotypes perpetuated about the facial features of the Jewish community”.

Among the criticisms for the nasal affair, the family of the winner has decided to come out and defend the representation of the Hollywood figure. Through a statement, Bernstein’s children, Jamie, Alexander and Nina, expressed their support for the actor, mentioning that their father had a “big, cute nose”. and that the makeup was “done to perfection”.