Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: an Oscar-nominated documentary by Wim Wenders.
In 1984, German director Wim Wenders called on musician Ry Cooder to compose the soundtrack for Paris, Texas. Their collaboration continues thirteen years later, on The End of Violence.
During their work together, Ry Cooder often evokes the Buena Vista Social Club, a club of musicians from Cuba, some of whom are over 90 years old, with whom he recorded an eponymous disc, which became an international success.
In the spring of 1998, when Ry Cooder returned to Cuba to record a new album with Ibrahim Ferrer, Wim Wenders decided to accompany him, armed with two cameras. On site, the director immerses himself in Cuban culture, filming the capital in vibrant colors against a backdrop of guajira, rumba and salsa.
Wishing above all to do justice to the musicians, he retraces the recording of their album, which he associates, with the editing, with concert archives (one at Carnegie Hall in New York, the other at the Carré in Amsterdam), as well as the testimonies of the protagonists about their life in Cuba and their beginnings in the world of music.
Wim Wenders thus signs a moving and warm work. First screened at the 1999 Berlinale, out of competition, Buena Vista Social Club participated in numerous international festivals and won an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Film. An international exhibition that puts Cuban music back in the spotlight.
Buena Vista Social Club by Wim Wenders with Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder…
Tonight on France 4 at 9:10 p.m.