Buena Vista Social Club: Adios 7 years old

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

In 1996, Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, British producer Nick Gold, and American guitarist Ry Cooder convened in Havana to produce a Cuban-Malian collaboration. When the Malians couldn’t get visas, the team turned their attention to reviving a forgotten generation of legendary son cubano musicians and formed an on-the-fly ensemble: the Buena Vista Social Club. Two decades since that fateful first session, we catch up to these master musicians, as they reflect on the magical unfolding of their lives—from humble origins to the evolution and surprising revival of their careers, all against the backdrop of Cuba’s dramatic history. Brimming with unseen concert, rehearsal, and archival footage, this film is an emotional, shimmering celebration of music’s power to transcend age, ideologies, and class, and to connect us to each other through our souls.

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Buena Vista Social Club: Adios Cast

Name Character
Ibrahim Ferrer He was 90, 78 years old when he died as Himself

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios Crew

Name Department
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios poster
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (7 years)

  • Release day: Friday, May 26, 2017
  • Runtime: 110 minutes