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Behind the Candelabra
Drama, Romance
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to lavish but emotionally bruising relationship dramas about intimacy, performance, and the costs of living behind a public persona.
- Tone
- melancholic, bittersweet, satirical
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- love, secrecy, celebrity, age disparity, emotional dependency
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, glamorous entertainment venues and private domestic spaces
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