Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
PG
by Various Artists
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 12, 2017
- Originally Released: 2017
- Label: Broadgreen
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo & Manuel Mirabal | |
Directed by | Lucy Walker |
Entertainment Reviews:
[T]he documentary BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: ADIOS reflects on the group’s legacy, against the backdrop of the changing political climate in Cuba -- and in the United States.
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 4/5 --
... Cuba's geriatric music troupe get a touching send-off in Lucy Walker's hagiographic but moving documentary.
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Times (UK)
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Fans of both Wenders' movie and of Cuban music ... will find it expands their knowledge and love of son, Cuba's unique sound.
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South China Morning Post
Rating: 3/5 --
The approach is pretty conventional, but the characters are so brilliant you'd struggle not to be swept up in it all.
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Time Out
Adios feels both disorganized and unnecessary, like an encore staged after the house lights have gone up and most of the audience has exited the building.
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Uproxx
A cluttered rear-view of a cultural phenomenon, and a fond farewell to some of the Cuban music pioneers that inspired it.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Still, as nostalgia trips go - was 1999 almost two decades ago? - this offers a fairly even balance of news update, fan service and, as the title implies, a goodbye.
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The Straits Times (Singapore)
Product Description:
Twenty years after their first session, members of the Cuban-music supergroup the Buena Vista Social Club discuss how their breakout success altered their lives. This documentary uses interviews, concert performances, and archival footage to spotlight the band's relationship to a rapidly changing Cuba. Directed by Lucy Walker.