Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story

82 mins | Documentary | Nov. 19, 2021

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story

82 mins | Documentary | Nov. 19, 2021

Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story
In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.
Producers TVE, Canal Sur, Sarao Films
Original title Algo salvaje: la historia de Bambino
Directors Julio León, Fran Pérez, Paco Ortiz
Writers Paco Ortiz

Cast

Carlos Herrera

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Claudia Salado

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Miguel Clavijo

as Young Bambino

Luis Alberto Domínguez

as Older Bambino

Enrique Bunbury

as Self

Pitingo

as Self

José Mercé

as Self

Antonio Carmona

as Self

Nazario

as Self

Paco Cepero

as Self

Diego Carrasco

as Self

Ricardo Pachón

as Self

Pilar Távora

as Self

Cristina Cruces

as Self

Pepe Camacho

as Self

Pedro Gordillo

as Self

Silvia Cruz

as Self

Fidel Moreno

as Self

Luis Troquel

as Self

Justo Molinero

as Self

Chico de Utrera

as Self

Ramón Priego

as Self

Pepe Priego

as Self

Leocadia Montes

as Self

Frasca Vargas

as Self

Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez

as Self (archive footage)