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Directed by | Wim Wenders |
Written by | Wim Wenders |
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Cinematography | Jörg Widmer |
Edited by | Brian Johnson |
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Running time | 105 minutes[1] |
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Box office | $23 million[2] |
Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece of the album Buena Vista Social Club. The film is an international co-production of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Cuba.
In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[3]