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1999
G
Artisan Entertainment
1 h 45 m

1999
G
Artisan Entertainment
1 h 45 m

Summary This ground-breaking documentary, inspired by the album, includes appearances by legendary performers Ry & Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and many other renowned Cuban Musicians. (Artisan Entertainment)

Directed By: Wim Wenders

Written By: Nick Gold, Wim Wenders

1999
G
Artisan Entertainment
1 h 45 m

1999
G
Artisan Entertainment
1 h 45 m

Buena Vista Social Club

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews

81

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

7.9

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Summary This ground-breaking documentary, inspired by the album, includes appearances by legendary performers Ry & Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and many other renowned Cuban Musicians. (Artisan Entertainment)

Directed By: Wim Wenders

Written By: Nick Gold, Wim Wenders

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
17 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
17 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

A poetry of love, longing and affirmation bleeds through the music of Cuba, and some of the best sounds the island ever created are captured with embracing humanity.

By Peter Stack FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

The concert scenes find the stage awash in such intense joy, camaraderie and nationalist pride that you become convinced that making music is a key to longevity and spiritual well-being.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Examiner

A 140-minute film masterpiece.

Buena Vista avoids literal politics, as if all that is beside this film's point.

Wenders lets the music and the sprightly people who make it speak for themselves, although the director's ongoing fascination with the urban environment is in top form as the camera serenely cruises the streets of Havana, often at a velvety dusk.

By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

What the film leaves unexplained is how this joyous musical outpouring, which predated the revolution, could fare under a system with a pathological distrust of beauty.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

Lacks dramatic tension and fails to bring this great music alive. It does not sing.

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

88% Positive
14 Ratings

13% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
0 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

88% Positive
14 Ratings

13% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Road Movies Filmproduktion, Kintop Pictures, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC), ARTE, Channel Four Films, Wim Wenders Stiftung

Release Date Jun 4, 1999

Duration 1 h 45 m

Rating G

Genres

Tagline Cubas Poesie Cubas Musik, Cubas Menschen, Cubas Poesie [The music of Cuba, the people of Cuba, the poetry of Cuba]

Website http://www.pbs.org/buenavista/

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA

• 1 Nomination

Satellite Awards

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

BAFTA Awards

• 3 Nominations

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