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Cuban Music
Cuba , Germany , Italy / 2004 / 88min / 35mm / Colour
Original Title: Musica Cubana
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary, Feature
Director: German Kral
Producer: John G. Phelan, Claus Clausen
Screenwriter: Stephan Puchner, German Kral
Cinematographer: Joerg Widmer
Editor: Peter Przygodda, Wolfgang Weigl, Andre Bendocchi-Alves
Cast: Pio Leiva, Barbaro Marin, Mayito Rivera, El Nene, Osdalgia Lesmes, Telmary Diaz, Luis Frank, Tirso Duaete, Chiki Chaka Girls
Synopsis: Just a normal day in Havana . Barbaro, one of the city's typical taxi drivers, picks up the Maestro Pio Leiva (85), a star of the Buena Vista Social Club, who is late for a radio show. Barbaro and Pio become friends and decide to put together a band with some of the best and the most acclaimed young musicians living in Cuba today - all under the direction of the Maestro, of course. The film tells the story of the formation of the band. It accompanies the musicians through their rehearsals and recordings of a number of Cuban Classics, as well as through their search for new songs and their own style as a band. And it all ends in a huge concert in Tokyo , where their band " The Sons of Cuba ”, is finally born.
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