Buena Vista Social Club

In 1996 Ry Cooder gathered together some of the greatest names from the history of Cuban music from the 30's, 40's and 50's to collaborate on the best selling and Grammy winning album THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB.

Inspired by these colourful characters and their extraordinary music, Wenders travels to Havana, Cuba to chronicle the cooperation and camaraderie between Ry Cooder and his veteran friends - now known in Cuba as "los super-ablos" (the super-grand-fathers) - as well as their dazzling sell-out concerts in Amsterdam and New York's Carnegie Hall in April and July 1998.

Wenders explains that he had no concept for the film other than trying "to do justice to this wonderful, warm, miraculous yet altogether real music." "Music is a treasure hunt," says Cooder "you dig and dig and sometimes you find something. In Cuba the music flows like a river", continues Wenders, "I want to make a film that'll just float on this river. Not interfering with it, just drifting along".