Cuban Film El Benny Presented in Madagascar

HAVANA, Cuba. The Malagasy public enjoyed the Cuban film El Benny during its presentation at the festival devoted to Latin America organized by the French Alliance of Majunga, a city located on the northwest coast of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar.

Majunga, a tourist destination for national and international vacationers, made it possible for many movie fans to be in contact with Cuban cinema, by way of this film by producer Jorge Luis Sánchez.

The audience had the opportunity to get to know many aspects of the life and work of the late Cuban singer, composer and band leader, who was very popular in the 1950’s.

During his artistic career, Benny was part of several groups, like the famous Matamoros Trio and the band of Dámaso Pérez Prado, the creator of the internationally famous mambo.

Benny Moré, whose real name was Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré, was one of Cuba’s best singers of all time. He was born in the city of Santa Isabel de las Lajas in 1919, and died in Havana in 1963. He toured many countries with his Giant Band and made dozens of songs popular, like his Rumberos del Ayer and Bonito y Sabroso, and pieces by other composers,
like Elige tú que canto yo and Mucho Corazón.

(Se presenta filme El Benny en festival de Madagascar)