Chico & Rita
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- Spain, United Kingdom, Isle of Man
Details
Release year: 2009
Storyline
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
Top credits
- Eman Xor Oña — Chico
- Limara Meneses — Rita
- Mario Guerra — Ramón
- Jon Adams
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• In order to help accurately represent 1940s era Cuba, Javier Mariscal undertook an extensive research trip to Cuba and was able to view government archive photographs from 1949.
• Chano Pozo (real name: Luciano Pozo González) was a real-life Cuban musician who emigrated to New York. He was murdered in December 3, 1948, in the El Rio Bar in Harlem, in a dispute over a marijuana deal, as depicted in the film.
• The first Spanish animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $350,524
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $20,654 (2012-02-12)
User reviews
Seductive sounds and a disarmingly warm animation style
A moving story of the troubled love affair between a man and a woman and between two countries
Satisfied... just above
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
