Director: Wim Wenders
Country of origin: USA/Germany/Cuba
Year of release: 1999
Running time: 105'
Language: Spanish and English, with English subtitles
Buena Vista Social Club is a documentary that takes its viewers on an extraordinary musical journey. The film tells the story of a group of elderly, almost-forgotten Cuban musicians who play cubano son, an indigenous form of music that blends Spanish canción and guitar with African rhythm and percussion.
The musicians—a few of whom are in their nineties—are brought together by the American producer Ry Cooder to record an album, the Buena Vista Social Club, named after a Havana music hotspot of the 1940s. Following this, the musicians head to the United States, some of them for the first time, where they give a triumphant, sold-out performance at New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
Mixing touching observation and interviews with enthralling live performances, Buena Vista Social Club is a wonderful testament to the love of music, and the enduring soul of a people.
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