Title: René Cabel, The Tenor of The Antilles Original Title: René Cabel, El Tenor de las Antillas Lenght: 50' Year: 2005 Produced by: Emilio Oscar Alcalde Director: Emilio Oscar AlcaldeScreenplay: Emilio Oscar Alcalde Director of photography: Manuel Alvarez and Ernesto Sanchez Sound recorder: Ascension Peralta Lighting: Alejandro Marquez Cast: José Pardo Llada, Carlos Zamorano, Matilde Díaz, Roberto Ledesma, Rosendo Rosell, René Touzet, Maria Ciervide, Olga Guillot Special participation: Alexandra Hoyos, dancer.
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Synopsis
Documentary about the life of René Cabel, legendary figure of the Cuban bolero, known as The Tenor of Antilles. Through the testimonies of René Cabel himself and emblematic figures of Cuban music as Olga Guillot, René Touzet, Roberto Ledesma. Cabel’s life and part of Cuban musical history are revived.
Comments
René Cabel, The Tenor of The Antilles is a work of eternity from director Emilio Oscar Alcalde, who has achieved with this documentary, sitting us down to talk, in unaware intimacy, next to the loquacious and cheerful bolero singer, the Cuban René Cabel. It is the redemtion on a pending subject. The thunderous and melodic voice of Cabel already had a guaranteed place in history. Now, Alcalde has solved the equation and presents him in his sincere conversation, settling down the social and anecdotic circumstances of a career filled with success, together with meaningful testimony of his closest friends and family who entrust, with the closeness granted to the closest, of fulfilling the picture of the artist on his exclusivity.
René Cabel, The Tenor of The Antilles does not soaks in the drunkenness of nostalgia, so brought into the recovery of the use of symbolic figures of the musical Cuban culture. Alcalde does not elude an invitation to Tropicana, the famous "Paradise under the stars", but at the same time, his poetic cinematography makes out of the bolero singer an unusual comtemporary.
Alejandro Ríos Movie Critic
Dear friend,
I found formidable the documentary about René. It is a tribute to him and the Cuban musicians in general. A great edition work, with complementary footage very in accord with the theme. Unforgettable scenes, like the final at Tropicana.
Congratulations,
Cristobal Diaz Ayala
Dear Emilio,
I've just seen the documentary about René Cabel and the truth is I am impressed. I believe, you really knew how to choose the most outstanding moments of his artistic career and you benefited from the participation of very important people of Cuban's music. It is indeed, sad to confirm how so many of the great ones of our art, found themselves forced to leave the country because of Fidel Castro. I liked very much, the words from many of them, when they talked about La Habana of those times. That is something that can make anyone sad, especially if you think about what La Habana is these days and the irreversible way in which that country disappeared from the map. I believe, that those characters could leave a lot of interesting historic memories, of the kind we are going to need in the future. The rest of it, I repeat, I liked it very much. I think that more than one person will drop a tear when they see it.
