Habana Blues

{{Infobox film

| name = Havana Blues

| image = HABANA_BLUES.jpg

| caption = Spanish film poster

| producer = Camilo Vives{{cite news|title=Cuban film producer Camilo Vives dies |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712190_1_cuban-directors-camilo-vives-chocolate-and-guantanamera |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518074647/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712190_1_cuban-directors-camilo-vives-chocolate-and-guantanamera |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-05-18 |date=2013-03-14 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2013-04-09}}

| writer = Benito Zambrano, Ernesto Chao

| narrator =

| starring = Alberto Yoel, Roberto San Martín, Yailene Sierra

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures{{cite web|title=Film #24319: Habana Blues|website=Lumiere|access-date=13 November 2021|url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=24319}}

| released = {{Film date|2005|03|18}}

| runtime = 115 minutes

| country = Spain
Cuba

| language = Spanish

| budget =

}}

Havana Blues (Habana Blues) is a 2005 Spanish-Cuban film directed and co-written by Benito Zambrano which tells the story of two young musicians in Cuba. The film revolves around their music and contains criticism of problems in Cuba such as poverty and electricity outages. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4282545/year/2005.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Habana Blues |accessdate=2009-12-08|work=festival-cannes.com}}

The two musicians, Ruy and Tito (Yoel and San Martín), whose music is a mix of traditional Cuban music and more modern music such as rap, get a chance at an international breakthrough through a Spanish record company, but they would have to change their Cuba-themed lyrics to cater to an international audience. Ruy considers this a betrayal of his country and his art, whereas Tito recognizes the financial necessity of it. At the same time, Ruy is dealing with the fact that his children and their mother Caridad (Sierra) are leaving for the United States. Art versus commerce, nationalism versus globalism, and communism versus capitalism are some of the themes of the film.