Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 American biographical comedy drama television film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Richard LaGravenese, based on the 1988 book by Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson. It dramatizes the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship that he had with Thorson.