California Solo vs El bolero de Rubén
El bolero de Rubén has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.7/10 for California Solo). California Solo is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h . California Solo is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
California Solo
El bolero de Rubén| California Solo | El bolero de Rubén | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | Colombia |
| Director | Marshall Lewy | Juan Carlos Mazo |
| Main cast | Robert Carlyle, Danny Masterson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Patrick Gallagher, Brad Greenquist | Aída Morales, Marlon Moreno, Majida Issa, Diego Cadavid, Juliana Velázquez |
Synopsis
California Solo
Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every night and retires to his shabby apartment to record his podcast, recounting the tragic deaths of great musicians. After a particularly heavy night of drowning his sorrows at a local…
El bolero de Rubén
Far from being a film about life in the gangs of Medellín, El Bolero de Rubén is a tragedy set to the rhythm of boleros where Marta, after fifteen years of waiting for her boyfriend to get out of jail, is consumed by the walls of her half-finished house; at the same time, her dream of becoming a singer takes her through imaginary places that reflect her frustration, rage and fear. Based on the homonymous play.
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