Chico and Rita

Chico and Rita is a 2010 adult animated music romantic film with Spanish and English languages directed by Tono Errando, Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. 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. Music and romantic desire unite them, but their journeyin the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolerobrings heartache and torment. The film was produced by Fernando Trueba Producciones, Estudio Mariscal, and Magic Light Pictures. And received financing from CinemaNX and Isle of Man Film. It won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film at the 25th Goya Awards and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards the first nomination for a Spanish fulllength animated film.

Chico and Ramn go to the Tropicana Club with their ladyfriends, and sneak in through the performers entrance. While walking around, Chico sees upon Rita and her gentleman friend arguing. The Maitre d overhears that Chico is an accomplished pianist and persuades him to substitute for the main events missing pianist. Chico fills in, playing at first sight a new pieceEbony Concerto by Igor Stravinsky. Chico, initially nervous, ends up performing the piece with aplomb, to the delight of the band. Rita finally agrees to ditch her date and flee with Chico on Ramns motorcycle and sidecar, along with the Americans.After a dangerous chase, the American man finally crashes into a car dealership, and the others escape. Rita and Chico leave the rest of the party and go to a bar where Chico introduces her to bebop music, which she takes up quickly. Afterwards they go to Chicos place and spend the rest of the night together. The next day Rita wakes up to find Chico playing a new composition on the piano, which he names Rita. As they play and kiss, Juana, Chicos former girlfriend, walks in and picks a fight with Rita. The two women angrily leave Chico, feeling betrayed. However, Chico is still smitten with Rita and begs Ramon to convince her to perform with him for an upcoming radio contest. Ramon pays Rita to sing with Chico but after the contest, Rita leaves Chico without speaking to him. He follows her to the house of a santera, who predicts that Chico will cause her much suffering. ........

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