통산 80장의 앨범을 발매한 란체라 음악의 진수이자 멕시코 대중문화의 전설적인 존재인 차벨라 바르가스의 생의 다룬 다큐멘터리이다. 과거 란체라 장르에 없었던 성향의 가수로 굵고 거친 목소리로 인생과 사랑을 노래한다. 멕시코에서 여가수에 대한 편견에 도전하며 용감하게 입고 말하고 노래했다. 화가 프리다 칼로를 포함하여 그간 사랑했던 여자들과 우울한 삶을 딛고 재기하기까지의 알려지지 않았던 차벨라의 삶을 보여준다. (2017년 제7회 서울프라이드영화제)
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.
"El Gran Gato" is the title of this "documented musical," as cataloged the same director, which includes the participation of singers like Tonino Carotone, Sisa, Kiko Veneno, Luis Eduardo Aute, Los Manolos, Lucrecia and Martyrdom. This manager and colleagues pay tribute to Jack Perez, singer and composer who popularized the rumba and died in 1990 when he was only 40 years. The film alternates between two parts: a documentary with more conversations with family and people who knew Jack Perez, and a second in which the aforementioned musicians interpret the best known songs of the musician.
Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypocrisy as the rest of her population, enters into an emotional crisis when she reaches maturity.
