logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Buena Vista Social Club

06/04/1999

|

1hr 45min

|

Documentary

,Music

In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Compay Segundo
  • Eliades Ochoa
  • Ry Cooder
  • Joachim Cooder
  • Ibrahim Ferrer

    Directors

  • Wim Wenders
  • Claire Pijman

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Kintop Pictures
  • ICAIC
  • ARTE
  • Wim Wenders Stiftung
  • Road Movies
  • Film4 Productions

    Production Countries

  • Cuba
  • France
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Spanish

Cast

Compay Segundo

Self

Eliades Ochoa

Self

Ibrahim Ferrer

Self

Omara Portuondo

Self

Rubén González

Self

Amadito Valdés

Self

Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal

Self

Barbarito Torres

Self

Pío Leyva

Self

Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea

Self

Videos

movies like Buena Vista Social Club

Pina

Pina

Amy Winehouse: I Told You I Was Trouble - Live In London

Amy Winehouse: I Told You I Was Trouble - Live In London

Killer Ending

Killer Ending

When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

The Million Dollar Hotel

The Million Dollar Hotel

Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts

La trattativa

La trattativa

Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the Clouds

Sound of Noise

Sound of Noise

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

The Warlords

The Warlords

The Limey

The Limey

Butterfly

Butterfly

Queen

Queen

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

The American Friend

The American Friend

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

Food, Inc.

Food, Inc.

Abducted in Plain Sight

Abducted in Plain Sight