Wild Flamenco: Bambino's Story

Nov 19, 2021

1h 22m

★ 7.0

Overview

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre that he developed and brought closer to large audiences: an artist of artists, the idol of the roadside bars, whose inimitable style, scenic magnetism and heartbreaking personality made of his figure a myth, a king without a kingdom, a giant of the popular music of the 20th century.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Sarao Films

TVE

Canal Sur

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Carlos Herrera

Self - Narrator (voice)

Claudia Salado

Young Bambino

Miguel Clavijo

Older Bambino

Luis Alberto Domínguez

Self

Antonio Romero Monge

Self

Rafael Ruiz Perdigones

Self

Enrique Bunbury

Self

Pitingo

Self

José Mercé

Self

Antonio Carmona

Self

Máximo Valverde

Self

Manuel de Angustias

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