Year: 2020 | Country: Mexico-United States | Duration: 91′ | Director: Matt Dilon
In the decade of the 40’s Cuba was subjected to a strong influence of the United States culture and in some way, it had become a colony. Thus was born the Filin (from the English “feeling”), a musical current that emerged in a similar way to the surrealist movement that sprang up in Europe and that began with the union of a group of musicians creating in collaboration.
The filin created a new way of interpreting the music imported to the island, more focused on making people feel than doing dance. In the 50’s this current came to Mexico thanks to the migration of Cuban musicians. This migratory phenomenon changed the course of Mexican popular culture, especially the film, radio and television scene.
“El Gran Fellove”, accounts for the unsuspected musical contributions of genius, talent and collaborative processes between Cuban and Mexican musicians. Matt Dillon takes a journey full of rhythm for the moments and anecdotes that marked the career of Frnacisco Fellove, one of the most emblematic figures of this movement. His journey through the collective imagination of Mexico and Cuba is narrated with grace, humor and great genius