The Soloist (2009) on Netflix
PG-1320091h 57mBiographyDramaMusic
Steve Lopez, a Los Angeles Times columnist short of story ideas, meets Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless musician with schizophrenia who plays a two-string violin and studied cello at Juilliard.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb6.7/1056,982 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes57%
Trailer
Plot summary
Nathaniel Ayers plays a two-string violin on a Los Angeles street, a man with schizophrenia who once studied at Juilliard and no longer has a cello. Steve Lopez, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is divorced from Mary, an editor at the paper, and is short of story ideas when a bike accident puts him in the hospital. Back outside, he hears the violin and introduces himself. Ayers says he attended Juilliard; the school has no record of him graduating, and Lopez learns he dropped out after two years. Ayers' sister tells Lopez that her brother was a child prodigy on the cello before the symptoms of schizophrenia appeared, and Lopez decides to write his story.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Soloist (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers Jr., a musician with schizophrenia, whom Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez wrote about in a series of columns and in a book published in spring 2008.
