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CAST & CREW
Miguel Del Morales, Pepin Veillant, Mirta Gonzales
Directed by Karim Dridi
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SYNOPSIS
An urban troubadour travels the countryside jamming with friends and strangers in this documentary about the way in which music creates community, leading to the possibility of understanding between total strangers. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
1 hour, 33 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jun 12, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Empire Pictures
GENRE
Foreign Films, French, Documentary, Music, Salsa, Jazz
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
FORUM
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 "While general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of Cuban music, they'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
 "Falls short in explaining the music and its roots."
-- Maria Garcia, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"What makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people, in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship, bring to their music."
-- Rebort, IOFILM.CO.UK
-- Click to read the article.
-- Luca Bandirali, REVISION
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"Frustratingly, Dridi tells us nothing about El Gallo other than what emerges through his music."
-- Richard Gehr, VILLAGE VOICE
"In painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people, the movie exalts the Marxian dream of honest working folk, with little to show for their labor, living harmoniously, joined in song."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"While the performances are often engaging, this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour TV documentary."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
"A grittily beautiful film that looks, sounds, and feels more like an extended, open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story."
-- Jonathan Perry, BOSTON GLOBE
"A quasi-documentary by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music."
-- John Petrakis, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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