Bebo Valdés

Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

The story of the Candeal favela in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where musician Carlinhos Brown carries out social and cultural initiatives that protect and enrich the lives of its inhabitants every day.

Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés and Spanish singer Diego el Cigala perform live at the Costa Nord cultural center in Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain, on June 22, 2003.

Bebo is a documentary about the great Cuban musician Bebo Valdés, who reviews his life through his children, grandchildren and close friends, and Bebo Valdés himself from his only television interview in Sweden, in 2005, a life full of obstacles but above all commitment to music.

Three stories reconstructing the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista.

Filmmaker Carlos Carcas's documentary chronicles the extraordinary career of renowned Cuban musician Bebo Valdés, who remained a relative unknown on the international scene until winning two Grammys at the age of 81. Valdés's story is told through performance clips, footage and photos of his life in Cuba, and interviews with family, friends and colleagues. One of Havana's top musicians in the 1940s and '50s, Valdés left Cuba after the revolution.