Habana Blues
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Directed by | Benito Zambrano |
Produced by | Camilo Vives[1] |
Written by | Benito Zambrano, Ernesto Chao |
Starring | Alberto Yoel, Roberto SanmartĂn, Yailene Sierra |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country |
Spain Cuba |
Language | Spanish |
Havana Blues (Habana Blues) is a 2005 Spanish and Cuban film by Benito Zambrano, which tells the story of two young musicians in Cuba. The film revolves around their music and contains criticism of problems in Cuba such as poverty and electricity outages. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
The two musicians, Ruy and Tito, (Yoel and SanmartĂn) whose music is a mix of traditional Cuban music and more modern music such as rap, get a chance at an international breakthrough through a Spanish record company, but they would have to change their Cuba-themed lyrics to cater to an international audience. Ruy considers this a betrayal of his country and his art, whereas Tito recognizes the financial necessity of it. At the same time, Ruy is dealing with the fact that his children and their mother Caridad (Sierra) are leaving for the United States. Art versus commerce, nationalism versus globalism, and communism versus capitalism are some of the themes of the film.
Cast
- Alberto Yoel - Ruy (as Alberto Yoel GarcĂa)
- Roberto SanmartĂn - Tito
- Yailene Sierra - Caridad
- Mayra RodrĂguez - LucĂa
- Ernesto Escalona - Carlitos
- Marta CalvĂł - Marta
- Roger Pera - Lorenzo
- Osvaldo DoimeadiĂłs - Ruber
- Zenia Marabal - Luz MarĂa
- Laris Vega - Betty
- Jorge AlĂ - Nelson (as Jorge Ali PĂ©rez)
- Félix Pérez - René
- Aurora Basnuevo - Estrellita
- TomĂĄs Cao - Ălex (as TomĂĄs A. Cao)
- Giordano Serrano - Giordano
See also
References
- â "Cuban film producer Camilo Vives dies". Times of India. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- â "Festival de Cannes: Habana Blues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
External links
- Habana Blues on the Internet Movie Database.
- Habana Blues at the Internet Movie Database