The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.

The story

Chavela Vargas and Federico García Lorca are the main characters of this story. Poetry and music are the places of their meetings. Chavela explains when he lived in the same room where Federico García Lorca lived decades ago, was visited by a bird that contained the soul of the Spanish poet. In her last year of life, Chavela fulfills her last wish: to make a tribute to Spanish poet and finally meet him in the ranks of death. The Nightingale and the Night is a documentary that chronicles the transition from Chavela life to death, her union with Federico, dissolving the borders between reality and dreams.

Cast & crew

Chavela VargasHerself

Lila DownsHerself

Laura García LorcaHerself

Sara BarasHerself

Miguel PovedaHimself

Liliana Achuy-Fan

Liliana Achuy-FanHerself

Mario Ávila

Mario ÁvilaHimself

María Cortina

María CortinaHerself

MartirioHerself

José María Velasco

José María VelascoHimself

Isabel Galán

Isabel GalánHerself

Mary Farquharson

Mary FarquharsonHerself