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Product Description
Product Description
Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba (BELLE EPOQUE, CALLE 54) and Spain's legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion and heartbreak.
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdes, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo and others.
Special Features
- Making of CHICO & RITA Featurette
- Audio Commentary with Directors Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- U.S. Trailer
Chico & Rita Reviews
Chico & Rita Reviews
| 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful  The ups and downs of love: In memory of Chano Pozo vaya!, By This review is from: Chico & Rita ( Chico and Rita ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD) Chico and Rita is the third Latin movie throughout the last two decades(after Buena Vista Social Club and Estudio 54), inspired on Latin music, but unlike the previous ones it's much more ambitious about its proposal.Fernando Trueba made an amazing journey through some unforgattable moments and first-rate figures of jazz to tell us a love story thatlooks like a tragic bolero sprayed with this bitter ending cadence ruptruras, troubles and nostalgia. Both are from humble origin, but each of them bursts on stage and shine like a star for its own account. And despite the conflicts come and go the love never does. A memorable tribute to Chano Pozo, Gillespie, Parker, Casablanca, Boggie, Tito Puente, Miguel Valdez and Tito Rodriguez, among other ones. Interesting artistic proposal and refreshing gaze to the Latin Universe. 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful  Havana, Cuba in 1946 with warm colors and hot music, By BMoore (San Francisco) - See all my reviews This review is from: Chico & Rita ( Chico and Rita ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD) I love good animation, I love great music, and I love a good movie.Three for three on "Chico and Rita". Two Afro-Cuban musicians who meet in classic "cute" movie fashion and then have an on-again, off-again, love affair in various locales (Havana, NYC, Las Vegas, etc.), and always, there is wonderful music (mostly jazz and Latin jazz) in the forefront or the background. Let me pull on your coat about something here - the guy who plays the original piano pieces for this film is 93 years old. He's also playing the piano and conducting the Havana ballroom orchestra present in parts of the soundtrack, albeit when he was much, much younger as those recordings were made in the 40's and 50's. His name is Bebo Valdes, and he is as old-school as it gets at 93, but, man, that cat can still play. I've ordered this film in advance as I know I will want to watch it at least a few times, and therefore I have no hesitation in recommending that you watch it at least... Read more 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful A Masterpiece that should easily grab the Oscar, By Andras (Queens, NY USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Chico & Rita (2010) ( Chico and Rita ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ] (Blu-ray) Chico & Rita is a beautifully animated film, with an excellent storyline. It creates an ambiance the viewer wants to be part of, and expressive characters we can almost touch. It is a love story that follows a young pianist and a young singer starting from the late 1940s Havana. The film takes us many places geographically and emotionally. The situations and dialogs are very real and sharp. The film is happy and tragic, just like life itself. One needs to be a certain age to understand the motivations and emotions within, therefore I would recommend it for viewers 18 years of age or older. |
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