Lucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba

Overview

A beautiful film by epic music scene film maker Tony Gatlif with Cuban legends Tata Guines and Pancho Quinto, while young Michael Herrera Duarte (Lucumi) stars as the centerpiece of the story. Lucumi is ten and lives in Havana's black district. Brought up to the beat of drums, he dreams of becoming a great rumbero. With other kids on his block he improvises rumbas on old cans and pots and pans. One Saturday the best of Havana's musicians decide to get together at the ""Solar California"" to honor the memory of Chano Pozo, otherwise known as ""the drum of Cuba"". With the rumba beat, Lucumi sings, dances, plays and talks about his life, as if better to express the hardships he's already endured and to have his message heard. On this Saturday he joins up with the great rumberos and wakes up the old spirits of the tumbadora.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 17, 1995

Original language

English

Director

Tony Gatlif

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0137920