Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

105 mins | Documentary, Music | June 4, 1999

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.

Buena Vista Social Club

105 mins | Documentary, Music | June 4, 1999

Buena Vista Social Club
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH, ARTE, Kintop Pictures, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos, Film4 Productions, Wim Wenders Stiftung
Original title Buena Vista Social Club
Directors Wim Wenders
Writers Nick Gold, Wim Wenders

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

Amadito Valdés

as Self

Pío Leyva

as Self

Lázaro Villa

as Self

Manuel Galbán

as Self

Hugo Garzón

as Self

Yanko Pichardo

as Self

Salvador Repilado Labrada

as Self (as Salvador Repilado)

Benito Suárez Magana

as Self (as Benito Suárez)

Heitor Goldflus

as Self - Man at a Manhattan Street (uncredited)