CHICO & RITA
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8pm
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Spain | 2010 | 94 min.
Spanish with English subtitles
Directors: Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal
Synopsis: Love is a song that is never forgotten. Cuba, 1948. 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. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love. An epic animated love story that occurs around the time of the Cuban Revolution. Chico & Rita is a tribute to the music, culture, and people of Cuba.
Biography: Fernando Trueba was first a cinema critic for the newspaper “El PaÍs”, and also founded the journal "Casablanca". At the movies his first success was Opera Prima (1980) following the style of the "comedia madrileÑa". He had major success with Se Infiel y No Mires Con QuiÉn (1985). In 1994 he received an Oscar for Best Foreign Film with Belle Epoque (1992). After his Oscar award, in 1995 he surprised everyone with a Hollywood Comedy Two Much. He is well known as a music lover and he produced and directed some of most mesmerizing documentaries about Latin Jazz, such as Calle 54. For The Miracle of Candeal Trueba won the Goya for Best Documentary. In 2010, collaborating with Barcelona-based graphic artist Javier Mariscal, he again won the Goya for Best Feature Animation with Chico and Rita.
Festivals & Awards:
• Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film for the 84th Academy Awards
• Grand Prix Feature Film 2010, Holland Animation Film Festival 2010
• Best Animated Film, GOYA Award 2011
• Cineuropa 2010 Award, Festival de CinÉma EuropÉen des Arcs
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