The Soloist

The Soloist

Drama Steve Lopez is a columnist on the Los Angeles Times, reflecting different aspects of metropolitan life through his daily missives. Always looking for that one, great story to dazzle his readers, Steve finds it down Skid Row: a homeless man called Nathaniel Ayers and his battered, two-string violin. Nathaniel claims to be a student at Juilliard and when Steve checks, this tall tale turns out to be the truth.