Buena Vista Social Club(1999)

🎬105 min
📅1999-06-04
🎭Documentary, Music
7.5/10

Overview

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.

Production

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

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Cast

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