Synopsis
Fernando Trueba is a far cry from those selfish collectors who appropriate other people’s music and claim it as their own. His feature film is a warm-hearted ode to his passion for Latino jazz. A long-standing passion, unaffected by passing fads, that has nourished the Spanish director for more than twenty years. His film is an opportunity to discover the soul, culture and traditions behind the music.
Trueba opts for a completely subjective approach, thus avoiding the pitfalls of ‘academic’ documentaries. His method is straightfoward. He constructs a mosaic out of twelve musical numbers, mixing colors, rhythms and styles, while highlighting the unifying threads running through the music, be it from Cuba or Puerto Rico, from Andalusia or South America.
Within the confines of a deliberately plain, undecorated studio set, each sequence is allowed to tell its own tale. Our imaginations run free, and we’re enveloped by the music’s poetry. Six cameras, in time to the rhythm, capture individ...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Cinétévé
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Fernando Trueba Producciones
- Film exports/foreign sales : Celluloid Dreams
- French distribution : Gemaci
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Fabienne Servan-Schreiber
- Director of Photography : José Luis López Linares
- Editor : Carmen Frias
- Sound recordists : Pierre Gamet, Martin Gamet, Thom Cadley, Jean-François Villemer
- Foreign producers : Cristina Huete, Fernando Trueba
- Press Attaché (film) : Matilde Incerti
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Music
- Production language : French, Spanish
- Coproducer countries : France, Spain
- Original French-language productions : Yes
Box-office & releases
News & awards
Selections (1)
Sydney - Film Festival
Australia, 2001
World Cinema