Esther Borja

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• Movie6.8

  Music

  A freakish coincidence brings together a songwriter and the lyricist from whom he inadvertently stole the lyrics to a hit song.

  Adiós Buenos Aires

  1938 · 5 votes

• Movie6.3

  Documentary

  Documentarian Jose Sanchez-Montes turns his attention towards the late Cuban musician Ignacio Villa, known throughout the world as Bola de Nieve (Snowball), with this 2003 biographical documentary entitled simply Bola de Nieve. A master pianist, Bola de Nieve was a mainstay through the middle portion of the 20th century, with his music almost omnipresent in South America cinema throughout those formative decades. With Bola de Nieve's famous statement "I'm a sad person, but my songs sound happy" in mind, Sanchez-Montes also looks at the influence of the musician's African heritage and homosexuality upon Bola de Nieve's unique musical style.

  Bola de Nieve

  2003 · 6 votes