---
title: 'Buena Vista Social Club (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wim Wenders'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/buena-vista-social-club-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186508/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Buena Vista Social Club (1999)

1999 · 101 min · Documentary, Music · Germany, United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba, featuring the musicians who recorded the 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club. The film is an international co-production of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wim Wenders](https://cinepixo.com/people/wim-wenders)
- **Screenplay:** [Wim Wenders](https://cinepixo.com/people/wim-wenders)
- **Producer:** [Ulrich Felsberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-felsberg), [Deepak Nayar](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepak-nayar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jörg Widmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorg-widmer)
- **Editor:** [Brian Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-johnson)

## Cast

- [Orlando "Cachaíto" López](https://cinepixo.com/people/orlando-cachaito-lopez)
- [Amadito Valdés](https://cinepixo.com/people/amadito-valdes)
- [Compay Segundo](https://cinepixo.com/people/compay-segundo)
- [Rubén González](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-gonzalez)
- [Ry Cooder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ry-cooder)
- [Joachim Cooder](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-cooder)
- [Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-guajiro-mirabal)
- [Omara Portuondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/omara-portuondo)
- [Manuel Licea](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-licea)
- [Pío Leyva](https://cinepixo.com/people/pio-leyva)
- [Eliades Ochoa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliades-ochoa)
- [Ibrahim Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ibrahim-ferrer)
- [Juan de Marcos González](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-de-marcos-gonzalez)
- [Wim Wenders](https://cinepixo.com/people/wim-wenders)
- [Barbarito Torres](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbarito-torres)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/buena-vista-social-club-1999
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