Havana Blues (Habana Blues) is a 2005 Spanish-Cuban film directed and co-written by Benito Zambrano which tells the story of two young musicians in Cuba. The film revolves around their music and contains criticism of problems in Cuba such as poverty and electricity outages. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
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 Spanish film poster | |
| Directed by | Benito Zambrano |
| Written by | Benito Zambrano, Ernesto Chao |
| Produced by | Camilo Vives[1] |
| Starring | Alberto Yoel, Roberto San Martín, Yailene Sierra |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures[2] |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | Spain Cuba |
| Language | Spanish |
The two musicians, Ruy and Tito (Yoel and San Martín), whose music is a mix of traditional Cuban music and more modern music such as rap, get a chance at an international breakthrough through a Spanish record company, but they would have to change their Cuba-themed lyrics to cater to an international audience. Ruy considers this a betrayal of his country and his art, whereas Tito recognizes the financial necessity of it. At the same time, Ruy is dealing with the fact that his children and their mother Caridad (Sierra) are leaving for the United States. Art versus commerce, nationalism versus globalism, and communism versus capitalism are some of the themes of the film.
Cast
edit- Alberto Yoel - Ruy (as Alberto Yoel García)
- Roberto San Martín - Tito
- Yailene Sierra - Caridad
- Mayra Rodríguez - Lucía
- Ernesto Escalona - Carlitos
- Marta Calvó - Marta
- Roger Pera - Lorenzo
- Osvaldo Doimeadiós - Ruber
- Zenia Marabal - Luz María
- Laris Vega - Betty
- Jorge Alí - Nelson (as Jorge Ali Pérez)
- Félix Pérez - René
- Aurora Basnuevo - Estrellita
- Tomás Cao - Álex (as Tomás A. Cao)
- Giordano Serrano - Giordano
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cuban film producer Camilo Vives dies". The Times of India. 2013-03-14. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ^ "Film #24319: Habana Blues". Lumiere. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Habana Blues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
External links
edit- Habana Blues on the Internet Movie Database.
- Habana Blues at IMDb
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