"Sexy, sweet and laced with a sadness at once specific to its place and time and accessible to anyone with a breakable heart, 'Chico & Rita' is an animated valentine to Cuba and its music. Shuttling between Havana and New York and conveying the blend of soul and scholarship that signifies true jazz devotion, the film brings alive an almost unimaginably rich and resonant moment in musical history. The fictional couple at its heart — star-crossed lovers and sometime artistic collaborators — encounter bad luck in various forms, but Chico and Rita also have the good fortune to mingle with real-life legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk and the great Cuban conga player Chano Pozo, a crucial figure in the era’s mixing of styles and genres."
NYT: A Pianist and a Honey-Throated Chanteuse in the Heart of Havana
YouTube: Chico & Rita - Official Trailer, Courtyard Rumba, Clip de Chico y Rita, New York, Guardian: directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, Un peculiar estilo de animación (Spain)
2011 July: Fernando Trueba on Chico and Rita
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