Bola de Nieve (movie)
- User score: 5.6
- Production country: Cuba, Mexico, Spain
- Producer: José Sánchez-Montes
- Production companies: ICAIC, atico 7, Canal Sur, Canal Once
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 4/28/2003
- Run time: 73 min.
Movie description
Documentarian Jose Sanchez-Montes turns his attention towards the late Cuban musician Ignacio Villa, known throughout the world as Bola de Nieve (Snowball), with this 2003 biographical documentary entitled simply Bola de Nieve. A master pianist, Bola de Nieve was a mainstay through the middle portion of the 20th century, with his music almost omnipresent in South America cinema throughout those formative decades. With Bola de Nieve's famous statement "I'm a sad person, but my songs sound happy" in mind, Sanchez-Montes also looks at the influence of the musician's African heritage and homosexuality upon Bola de Nieve's unique musical style.
