The Maestro (2018)

Directed by

Adam Cushman

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

普遍級

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish Italian composer escapes fascist Italy and builds a new life in Los Angeles. The film focuses on his friendship with a young student and his efforts to find work in the film industry.

historicaldramaticbittersweetintimateearnestreflectivemeasured

What happens

The Maestro is a 2018 American historical drama directed, produced by Adam Cushman and David Phillips and written by C.V. Herst, the real-life son of the film's protagonist Jerry Herst. The film features Xander Berkeley as composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles in the thirties after evading Mussolini's Italy. The Maestro premiered at the Heartland International Film Festival in 2017. The film was acquired for distribution by Freestyle Releasing and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles. The film also features actor Jon Polito as fictional MGM executive Herbert Englehardt in what would be Polito's final performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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