The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca. (2015)
Chavela Vargas and Federico García Lorca are the main characters of this story. Poetry and music are the places of their meetings. Chavela explains when he lived in the same room where Federico García Lorca lived decades ago, was visited by a bird that contained the soul of the Spanish poet. In her last year of life, Chavela fulfills her last wish: to make a tribute to Spanish poet and finally meet him in the ranks of death. The Nightingale and the Night is a documentary that chronicles the transition from Chavela life to death, her union with Federico, dissolving the borders between reality and dreams.
Director: Rubén Rojo Aura
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Chavela Vargas as Herself |
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Lila Downs as Herself |
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Laura García Lorca as Herself |
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Sara Baras as Herself |
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Miguel Poveda as Himself |
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Liliana Achuy-Fan as Herself |
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Mario Ávila as Himself |
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María Cortina as Herself |
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Martirio as Herself |
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José María Velasco as Himself |
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Isabel Galán as Herself |
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Mary Farquharson as Herself |
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Juan Carlos Allende as Himself |
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Miguel Peña as Himself |
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Javier Gallego as Himself |
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Lorena Barrera as Herself |
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Raúl Rodríguez as Himself |
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Jesús Guerrero as Himself |
| Writing | León Bertone | Musical |
| Directing | Rubén Rojo Aura | Director |
| Crew | Iván Vilchis | Cinematography |
| Editing | Natalia Bruschtein | Editor |
| Production | Mariana Guevara Aura | Producer |
| Writing | Rubén Rojo Aura | Writer |
| Writing | César Tejeda | Writer |
| Writing | Jaime Panqueva | Writer |