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EL MILAGRO DE CANDEAL

  
Trueba, Fernando

  • EXTENDED SYNOPSIS

Bebo Valdés, el gran pianista cubano de 85 años, exilado en Estocolmo desdehace 40 años, viaja hasta Salvador de Bahía (Brasil), donde las músicas y lasreligiones de África se han conservado de la forma más pura. Allí encuentra aMateus, un músico bahiano que le introduce en la vida de la comunidadafro-bahiana y le conduce al Candeal, una favela que, gracias a la iniciativade Carlinhos Brown y al esfuerzo de sus moradores, se ha convertido en unacomunidad especial.En Candeal no hay armas ni drogas. Hay, eso sí, hay un conservatorio de música,un centro de salud, un estudio donde vienen a grabar artistas de todos loscontinentes, atraídos por los tambores de Candeal. Utilizando la música comomotor para todo tipo de iniciativas, las gentes de Candeal han recuperado laautoestima y la esperanza de que la realidad puede ser transformada, de que unmundo mejor es posible.

Bebo Valdés, the great 85-year-old Cuban pianist who´s spent the last 40 yearsexiled in Stockholm, travels to Salvador de Bahía in Brazil, where Africa´smusic and religions have been preserved in their purest forms.Once there, he meets Mateus, a Bahian musician who acts as his guide,introducing Valdés to the life of Salvador´s Afro-Bahian residents, and takinghim to Candeal, a favela district which, thanks to the thrust of CarlinhosBrown and the efforts of its inhabitants, has become a special kind ofcommunity.There are no firearms nor drugs in Candeal. But there is a music conservatoire,and a healthy centre and a sound studio where musicians from all over the worldcome to record, drawn by the drums of Candeal. Using music to drive theseinitiatives, Candeal´s inhabitants have regained their self-esteem and thehope that reality can be transformed, that a better world is possible.

  • CAST
Performance Name Role
Cast Documental
Cast Con:
Cast Brown, Carlinhos
Cast Valdés, Bebo
Cast Gil, Gilberto
Cast Veloso, Caetano
Cast Monte, Marisa
Cast Mateus
Cast Mendes, César
Cast La Banda Del Camarote Andante
Cast Hip Hop Roots
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  • CREW
Performance Name Notes
Production Huete, Cristina
Directed by Trueba, Fernando
Executive Production Huete, Cristina
Executive Production López (Bmg), Carlos
Associate Production Cuadros (Iberautor), Carlos
Screenplay Trueba, Fernando
Cinematography Molina, Juan
Film Editing Frías, Carmen
Sound Mixer Gamet, Pierre
Sound Design Lasvignes, Raúl
Re-recording mixer Crespo, José Luis
Camera Operators Carcas, Carlos
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  • FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
he current rating will be the one with the most current resolution date
Film Rating Duration Certification
GENERAL AUDIENCES 133 min. 9/24/2004
Trailer Rating Runtime Certification
GENERAL AUDIENCES 3 min. seg. 7/14/2004
Video Rating Runtime Certification
GENERAL AUDIENCES 133 min. seg. 3/1/2005
  • PUBLIC GRANTS
Grant Amount
Grants - Amortisation of Feature Films - General 385,566.04 €
Grants - Distribution of Feature Films 30,000.00 €
Grants - Reducing interest - Production 19,400.00 €
  • CREW
Tag Information
Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue 2004
Production year 2004
Length Largometraje
Film Formats Vídeo digital Mini DV PAL a 35 mm.
Running time 133 minutos
Original footage 3.617 metros
Sound Studios Exa, S.A.
Sound Studios Red Led
Emulsion Color
Aspect ratio Scope 1:2,35
Camera model Panasonic DV X100
Laboratories Madrid Film Lab
Edit Facilities Exa, S.A.
  • FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Madrid 28043 Madrid Spain
Barcelona 08002 Barcelona Spain
Madrid 28043 Madrid Spain
  • DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES & INFO
icono Distribucíon Nacional
Madrid 28001 Madrid Spain
icono Distribucíon Nacional
Madrid 28001 Madrid Spain
  • Festivals and Awards
Awards Section Person / Company
Premios Goya 2005 Mejor película documental y mejor canción original a Carlinhos Brown y Mateus por "Zambie Mameto"

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