Buena Vista Social Club

1998 / 1999 I English, Spanish | 105 mins

The music documentary became a cinematic sensation and an international success and was nominated for an Oscar. With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had previously written the music for “Paris, Texas” and “The End of Violence”, on a trip to Havana. Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians - first at home in Havana and then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of the band (who had never played together outside a studio) and then, in July 1998, to their triumphal concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Winner of the European Film Award as Best Documentary.

► Introduction by Wim Wenders