Buena Vista Social Club

In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.

Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

7.5/10
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Release date

1999-06-04

Country

Cuba, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Film4 Productions, ARTE, Road Movies, Kintop Pictures, Wim Wenders Stiftung, ICAIC

Genre

Documentary, Music

Budget

Revenue

$2 147 483 647

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Director

Wim Wenders

Actors

Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Orlando 'Cachaíto' López, Amadito Valdés, Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
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Producer

Deepak Nayar, Ulrich Felsberg, Ulrich Felsberg

Operator

Robby Müller

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Artist

Audition

Editing

Brian Johnson
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In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.

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