We are going to tell the story of Xavier Cugat, the only Spaniard with four stars on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.
A cheerful biopic full of music that links two continents. From black and white to color, with excerpts from films shot in the studio and by the major studios with a cast of great stars. We will pay tribute to the rise of radio and the great orchestras. We will remember the mythical clubs, hotel ballrooms and casinos shortly after the end of Prohibition. We will relive the soundtrack of the great musical movies and television shows. We will tell a story of romance, with mobsters, luxurious cars and palm tree decorations. A story that goes from Barcelona to New York, passing through Cuba and the birth of Las Vegas to the sound of maracas.
An intimate look at the life and work of Mario Pacheco, a man who, far from the spotlight and the media noise, led an unprecedented revolution in the music and photography of our country. A promoter of new flamenco and world music, we will learn about the great impact of Nuevos Medios, the record company he founded with his wife Cucha Salazar. Together they broke all the schemes, re-founding the new flamenco with Ketama, Pata Negra or Ray Heredia, producing the most significant groups of the Movida and distributing in Spain international bands of the stature of New Order or The Smiths.
Among more than 20,000 unpublished negatives developed for the documentary, we will see for the first time key photographs that show surprising images of national and international stars and we will delve into snapshots that have become mythical, from the well-known portrait of Jimmy Hendrix at the Isle of Wight festival to the sensational cover of Camarón's 1979 album “La leyenda del tiempo”.