''Havana Blues'' (''Habana Blues'') is a 2005

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and

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film by

Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano (Lebrija, 20 March 1965), is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film '' Habana Blues'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Cine ...

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

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and electricity outages. It was screened in the

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section at the

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. The two musicians, Ruy and Tito ( Yoel and

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), whose music is a mix of traditional

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and more modern music such as rap, get a chance at an international breakthrough through a

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

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. Art versus commerce, nationalism versus globalism, and communism versus capitalism are some of the themes of the film.

Cast

* Alberto Yoel - Ruy (as Alberto Yoel García) * Roberto San Martín - Tito * Yailene Sierra - Caridad * Mayra Rodríguez - Lucía * Ernesto Escalona - Carlitos * Marta Calvó - Marta *

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- Lorenzo * Osvaldo Doimeadiós - Ruber * Zenia Marabal - Luz María *

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- Betty * Jorge Alí - Nelson (as Jorge Ali Pérez) * Félix Pérez - René * Aurora Basnuevo - Estrellita * Tomás Cao - Álex (as Tomás A. Cao) * Giordano Serrano - Giordano

References

External links

*
Habana Blues
' on the

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