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The Soloist (2009)

★ 6.7 · 821 ratings on TMDB

Life has a mind of its own

The Soloist poster★ 6.7

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

DirectorJoe Wright
CastCatherine Keener, Jamie Foxx, LisaGay Hamilton, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Bunin, Nelsan Ellis
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

The Soloist keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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