# El Benny

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{{Infobox film
| name           = El Benny
| image          = El_Benny.JPG
| caption        = Promotional poster
| director       = [Jorge Luis Sánchez](/source/Jorge_Luis_S%C3%A1nchez)
| producer       = Iohamil Navarro
| writer         = Abrahán Rodríguez <br/>Jorge Luis Sánchez
| starring       = [Renny Arozarena](/source/Renny_Arozarena) <br/> Mario Guerra <br/> Limara Meneses <br/> [Enrique Molina](/source/Enrique_Molina_(actor))<br/> Carlos Ever Fonseca <br/> Cheryl Zaldivar
| music          = Juan Manuel Ceruto
| cinematography = José Manuel Riera
| editing        = Manuel Iglesias
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2006|07||Cuba}}
| runtime        =
| country        = Cuba
| language       = Spanish
| budget         =
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'''''El Benny''''' is a [Cuba](/source/Cuba)n film released in 2006, directed and co-written by [Jorge Luis Sánchez](/source/Jorge_Luis_S%C3%A1nchez), his first feature-length film.  It is a fictional story based on the life of the famous Cuban musician [Benny Moré](/source/Benny_Mor%C3%A9). The film includes new versions of his songs, performed by musicians including [Chucho Valdés](/source/Chucho_Vald%C3%A9s), [Juan Formell](/source/Los_Van_Van), Haila and [Orishas](/source/Orishas_(band)).

The film premiered in Cuba in July 2006, and was presented at the [Locarno International Film Festival](/source/Locarno_International_Film_Festival) in August 2006, where its star, [Renny Arozarena](/source/Renny_Arozarena), won the Boccalino prize for best performance for protagonist in all sections of festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/834/cuban-actor-wins-award-for-role-in-benny-more-movie|title=Cuban actor wins award for role in Benny More movie}}</ref> The film was Cuba's candidate for the [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards). The film won the "First Work" (''Opera Prima'') award at the New Latin American Cinema festival in Havana in December 2006. It received its official U.S. premiere at the "[Palm Springs](/source/Palm_Springs%2C_California) International Film Festival" on 6 January 2007, and its east coast premiere at the [Miami](/source/Miami) International Film Festival in March 2007.

The director, Sánchez, is distantly related to Benny Moré.

==Cast==

*[Renny Arozarena](/source/Renny_Arozarena): Benny Moré
*Juan Manuel Villy Carbonell: Benny Moré (singing voice)
*[Enrique Molina](/source/Enrique_Molina_(actor)): Olimpio
*Carlos Ever Fonseca: Angeluis
*Mario Guerra: Monchy
*Limara Meneses: Aida
*Isabel Santos: Maggie
*Salvador Wood: Grandfather
*Laura de la Uz: Irene
*Kike Quiñones: Pedrito
*Carlos Massola: León Arévalo
*Félix Pérez: Genaro (Benny's grandfather)
*Cheryl Zaldívar: Sofía
*Husmell Díaz: Arnulfo
*Serafín García Aguiar: Gutiérrez
*Marcela Morales: Natalia
*Rakel Adriana: Doñita
*Bárbara Hernández: Lydia (nurse)
*Jorge Ferdecaz: Olegario
*Ulyk Anello: Duany
*Mayra Mazorra: Benny's Mother
*Carlos Arévalo: Músico Mexicano

== See also ==
* [List of Cuban films](/source/List_of_Cuban_films)
* [List of Cuban submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film](/source/List_of_Cuban_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.elbenny.com Official site]
*{{IMDb title|id=0796950}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613132429/http://www.cubacine.cu/ficcion/benny.htm Page on the ICAIC website (In Spanish)]

{{Cuban submission for Academy Awards}}
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Category:2006 films
Category:Cuban musical films
Category:2006 Spanish-language films
Category:Films set in the 1950s
Category:Spanish-language musical films
Category:2006 musical films

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