Habana Blues (2005)
March 18, 2005Release Date
Habana Blues (2005)
March 18, 2005Release Date
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Where to Watch.
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Streaming in:🇪🇸 Spain
Cast & Crew.
Alberto Yoel
Ruy
Roberto San Martín
Tito
Yailene Sierra
Caridad
Mayra Rodríguez
Lucía
Benito Zambrano
Director
Ernesto Chao
Writer
Ernesto Escalona
Carlitos
Marta Calvó
Marta
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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.
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.