
The Soloist(2009)
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.


“She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.”
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

Meryl Streep
Roberta

Aidan Quinn
Brian

Angela Bassett
Janet

Gloria Estefan
Isabel

Cloris Leachman
Assunta

Josh Pais
Dennis

Jane Leeves
Dorothea

Kieran Culkin
Lexi at 15

Charlie Hofheimer
Nick at 17

Jay O. Sanders
Dan Paxton
Music of the Heart is a drama, music film released in 1999 exploring themes of violin, music teacher, biography, based on true story, violinist, school teacher. Directed by Wes Craven, it stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett. After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
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