Movie·1999·105 min

Buena Vista Social Club

Name: Buena Vista Social Club
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1999-06-04
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer

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

7.5 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 92%Audience 90%Metacritic 81IMDb 7.6Letterboxd 4.0

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Documentary Music

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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