The Big Picture
- Maestro is a biopic that challenges the assumption that Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre's marriage was a facade to hide Bernstein's homosexuality.
- Despite the challenges they faced, including Bernstein's affairs, the couple had a deep and unending love for each other that transcended their unconventional relationship.
- Bernstein's fame and audacious behavior, combined with his affair with Tom Cothran, ultimately led to the collapse of his marriage with Montealegre, causing him immense remorse and pain.