California Solo vs The Yellow Tie
The Yellow Tie has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 5.7/10 for California Solo). California Solo is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 25m. California Solo is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| California Solo | The Yellow Tie | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Music | Adventure, Drama, History, Music |
| Country | – | Romania |
| Director | Marshall Lewy | Serge Ioan Celebidachi |
| Main cast | Robert Carlyle, Danny Masterson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Patrick Gallagher, Brad Greenquist | Tamzin Merchant, Anton Lesser, Miranda Richardson, John Malkovich, Sean Bean |
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…
The Yellow Tie
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
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