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Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios poster
Directed by
Lucy Walker
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows the elderly Cuban musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club as they reflect on their lives and perform on a farewell tour. It shows how they achieved late-career fame and the personal costs of their sudden international success.

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What happens

Buena Vista Social Club: Adios is a 2017 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. It is a follow-up to the 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club about Cuban music. The film was released in theaters on May 26, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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