Chico and Rita (Chico & Rita) is a 2.010 Spanish animated feature-length film directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal.
Chico is an accomplished and gifted pianist, Rita a young great jazz singer, they met and fell in love in Havana late 1940s, those were turbulent years, like their relationship. Indeed they finally fell apart.
In 1959, after the victory of Cuban Revolution, jazz music is banned because it is capitalist music so Chico felt deeply depressed, also because Rita has suddenly vanished from Cuba, but many years later, living in the United States, he searches for Rita again...
I'm not going to tell you more about the film -I don't want to spoil the story- but if you have time, please listen to Bebo Valdés playing "La bella cubana", such an unforgettable masterpiece.
Terry Gross interviewed Fernando Trueba on April 13, 2012 at NPR Fresh Air studio, that is an amazing podcast, if you enjoyed the film.
This film was playing at the Coral Gables Art Cinema a couple of months ago and I missed it. Now I'm more curious than ever about it.
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ReplyDeleteGracias por la visita. I haven't been writing much, I am working on putting some of my essays in a book. Can't wait to be done so my concentration focuses back at writing.
I think it is a moving film, Scarlet, and the soundtrack is even better!
ReplyDeleteMyriam, siempre serás bienvenida aquí. Yes, I've been missing your posts, and it's great to know you are writing a book, I can't wait for read it.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this film when i saw it last year!
ReplyDeletevery soothing music. Are you as handsome in person as you are in that picture? Just saw Scarlet in her short video and she is just as pretty as she looks in her pictures ;)
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