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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Produced by | Rosa Bosch Ulrich Felsberg Deepak Nayar |
| Written by | Wim Wenders |
| Starring | Luis Barzaga Joachim Cooder Ry Cooder Juan de Marcos González Julio Alberto Fernández Ibrahim Ferrer Carlos González Rubén González Salvador Repilado Labrada Pío Leyva Manuel "Puntillita" Licea Orlando "Cachaito" López Benito Suárez Magana Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal Eliades Ochoa Omara Portuondo Julienne Oviedo Sánchez Compay Segundo Barbarito Torres Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés Amadito Valdés Lázaro Villa |
| Editing by | Monica Anderson Brian Johnson |
| Release date(s) | 17 February 1999 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | Germany United States United Kingdom France Cuba |
| Language | English / Spanish |
Buena Vista Social Club (1999) is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece of the album Buena Vista Social Club.
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The film documents how Ry Cooder, long-time friend of Wenders, brought together legendary Cuban musicians to record an album (also called Buena Vista Social Club), and to perform a concert in the United States. Although they are geographically close, travel between Cuba and the United States is restricted due to the political tension between the two countries, so many of the artists were travelling there for the first time. The film shows their reactions to this experience, as well as including footage of the resultant sell-out concert. It also includes interviews with each of the main performers.
The film helped the musicians, some of them already in their nineties, become known to a worldwide audience, with some going on to release popular solo albums. These included Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo, Rubén González and Elíades Ochoa.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2000.[1] It won as best documentary in the European Film Awards as well as many others. The album Buena Vista Social Club features studio versions of the music heard in the movie.
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