Completed - ENGLISH, SPANISH - Documentary, Biography, Musical - 87 minutes
A musical documentary about the shaping of latin music image and sound through Xavier Cugat's biopic and career in more than 80 films in Hollywood and international movie industry as director, actor, band director, film score composer or talent discoverer (Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, etc.).
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Diego MAS TRELLES Cast : Isabel COIXET, Chucho VALDÉS Producer(s) : Albert SOLE (Minimal)
We are going to tell the story of the only Spaniard with two stars on the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. A joyful biopic, full of music, that links two continents. From black and white to colour, with extracts from films shot in studios by the Majors with star filled casts. We’ll pay tribute to the rise of radio and the big orchestras. We’ll recall the legendary clubs, the ballrooms in hotels and casinos shortly after the end of the prohibition. We’ll revive the soundtracks of the great musical films and of television shows. We’ll tell a story of romances, with gangsters, luxury cars and sets with palm trees. A story that goes from Cuba to Barcelona, and takes in the mecca of cinema and the birth of Las Vegas to the sound of maracas. We are going to tell the incredible life of Xavier Cugat.
Country(ies) : SPAIN
Malaga 2016La Habana 2016LIMA 2016Krakow 2016 (DocfilmMusic)Cali 2016MasterofArt 2017Jecheon 2017Girona 2017 (Best Documentary)Girona 2017 (Best Soundtrack)Punta del Este 2017Miami IFF 2017Mar Del Plata FF 2017 (Documentary Window)