A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music.... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of legendary Cuban musicians, some as old as their nineties, were brought together by Ry Cooder to record a CD. In this film, we see and hear some of the songs being recorded in Havana. There is also footage from concerts in Amsterdam and New York City's Carnegie Hall. In addition, many of the individual musicians talk about their lives in Cuba and about how they got started in music.
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| New Times (L.A.)Hal HinsonInfectious, intoxicating joy is the emotion conveyed in every frame of this ravishing, exuberant documentary. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackA 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. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyOne of the best and most impactful docus of the 1990s, Wim Wenders exhilarating feature is at once a trbute to a pre-Castro generation of musicians as well as a largely bygone genre. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBeing able to hear this kind of playing is a special moment in time, one we don't want to end and one that we're privileged to experience. |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe movie comes closer to pure happiness than anything else in the theatres at the moment, and it has an intriguing and moving subtext: the Cubans' buried but irrepressible love of things American. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerI've never seen another movie that so clearly expresses the sensual sustenance that great folk culture provides its practitioners. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe 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. |
| Village VoiceRichard GehrFeels like a timeless blast from the past. |
| VarietyEddie CockrellWenders 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. |
| Film Journal InternationalRod GrangerA joyous tribute to a group of humble but true artists. |
