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The story of Chico and Rita is set against backdrops of Havana, New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice.
- €10 million
- Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña, Mario Guerra, Jon Adams, Renny Arozarena
- Santi Errando, Cristina Huete, Michael Rose, Martin Pope
- Bebo Valdés
Feb 22, 2012 · The film depicts a nearly operatic romantic tragedy, involving a lifelong affair of the heart between two Havana musicians: Chico, a piano player, and Rita, a vocalist. Their mutual problem is that Chico is unfaithful by nature, and although Rita is the woman he loves, when he's not with the one he loves, he loves the one he's with.
Feb 10, 2012 · A Cuban pianist becomes smitten with a sultry singer, leading to a passionate but star-crossed romance that reaches across six decades.
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- Drama, Romance, Musical, Animation
Apr 12, 2012 · Director Fernando Trueba talks about his Oscar-nominated animated film Chico and Rita, which follows a pair of lovers who leave Havana's music scene in the 1940s to head to New York City.
Nov 18, 2010 · The great names of both Cuban and American jazz are invoked, and Chico and Rita's tragicomic love story meshes very pleasingly with this musical backdrop. There is heartbreak, but a...
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In bustling late-1940s Cuba, Chico, a talented but struggling piano-playing dreamer, discovers Rita, the beautiful jazz vocalist of an after-hours Havana club.
Oct 14, 2010 · Chico is a piano player who falls hard for an aspiring singer, Rita, in Havana in 1948. Unfortunately, he already has a mistress who fights like a tigress to prevent Rita from...
