Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós

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Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós

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2017

1h 50m

Documentary

Music

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Members of Buena Vista Social Club discuss their musical careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

10/20/2017

3/5

[A] thoughtful if somewhat scattered documentary ...

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

10/20/2017

4/5

... Cuba's geriatric music troupe get a touching send-off in Lucy Walker's hagiographic but moving documentary.

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Scott Tobias

Uproxx

10/18/2017

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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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

05/07/2020

Less a sequel and more a deluxe edition of the first film Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós is a worthy companion to the original film and well worth seeking out.

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Richard James Havis

South China Morning Post

03/15/2018

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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David Parkinson

Radio Times

12/21/2017

3/5

Many will have wondered what happened to the veteran Cuban musicians profiled in Wim Wenders's 1998 cult classic, Buena Vista Social Club, and Lucy Walker provides some of the answers in this genial if fitful documentary sequel.

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Harrison B

@emailaddress 08/22/2023

Only good for big fans of the first

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Julio A

12/07/2019

Muito muito gostoso de assistir...tanto que dá um gosto de quero mais enorme. Saudades de pessoas que nem conhecemos.

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Members of Buena Vista Social Club discuss their musical careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.

Director: Lucy Walker
Producer: Christine Cowin, Zak Kilberg, Julian Cautherley, Victor Moyers, Asher Goldstein
Distributor: Broad Green Pictures
Production Co: Broad Green Pictures
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Historical Smoking Throughout|Brief Suggestive Material)
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 26, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $118.3K
Runtime: 1h 50m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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