Chico & Rita (2010)

Directors:

Tono Errando
Javier Mariscal
(more)

Writers:

Ignacio Martínez de Pisón (written by)
Fernando Trueba (written by)

Release Date:

19 November 2010 (Ireland)

Genre:

Animation | Music | Romance

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Piano | Piano Player | Singer | Love | Cuba

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Limara Meneses	...	Rita (voice)
Eman Xor Oña	...	Chico (voice)
Mario Guerra	...	Ramón (voice)
Jon Adams	...	(voice)
Renny Arozarena	...	(voice)
Blanca Rosa Blanco	...	(voice)
Jackie de la Nuez	...	(voice) (as Jakie de la Nuez)
Rigoberto Ferrera	...	(voice)
Ken Forman	...	(voice)
Ray Gillon	...	(voice)
Steve Harper	...	(voice) (as Michael Harper)
Lenny Mandel	...	Ron (voice)
Jorge Ryan	...	(voice)
Claudia Valdés	...	(voice)
Ashley Albert	...	(voice)
Tracey Ayer	...	(voice)
Carlos Cabal	...	(voice)
Wendy Dillon	...	(voice)
Kathy Fitzgerald	...	(voice)
Luis Alberto García	...	(voice)
Mark Anthony Henry	...	(voice)
Kerin McCue	...	(voice)
Miriam Socarras	...	(voice)
Peter Appel	...	(voice)
Jay Benedict	...	(voice)
Luis Enrique Carreres	...	(voice)
Aleida Enríquez	...	(voice)
Carlos Ever Fonseca	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddy Calderón	...	(voice)
Alexis González	...	(voice)
David Kramer	...	(voice)
Estrella Morente	...	(voice)
Diana Preisler	...	(voice)
Isabelle Stoffel	...	(voice)
Gladys Zurbano	...	(voice)

Directed by
Tono Errando
Javier Mariscal
Fernando Trueba

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón		written by
Fernando Trueba		written by

Produced by
Steve Christian	....	executive producer
Santi Errando	....	producer
Andrew Fingret	....	co-producer
Cristina Huete	....	producer
Elisa Plaza	....	delegate producer: TV3
Martin Pope	....	producer
Antonio Resines	....	associate producer
Michael Rose	....	producer
Marc Samuelson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bebo Valdés

Film Editing by
Arnau Quiles

Makeup Department
Mariolis Robaina Valiente	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Paula Blanqué	....	assistant production manager
Kepa Dañobeitia	....	unit production manager
Jean Cullen De Moura	....	production supervisor: Lightstar Studios
Albert García Vila	....	production manager
Angélica Huete	....	executive production manager

Art Department
Marc Calvelo	....	texture artist
Joan Masip	....	backgrounds
Sergio Muñoz	....	graphic design
Jorge Penny	....	graphic design

Sound Department
Álex F. Capilla	....	foley artist
Patrick Ghislain	....	foley mixer
Pelayo Gutiérrez	....	sound editor
Nacho Royo-Villanova	....	sound re-recording mixer
Iñaki Sánchez	....	sound assistant
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby consultant

Visual Effects by
Marc Calvelo	....	character animator
David Campassol	....	3D technical director (as David Kampa)
Lluïsa Cuchillo	....	compositor
Manel Ovat	....	visual effects
Eduard Puertas	....	compositing supervisor
Carlos Rubio	....	visual effects compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Miguel Calzado	....	lighting (as Miguel Calzado Álvarez)

Animation Department
Fernando Abaca	....	animator
Alberto Acelay	....	animator
Silvia Aguilera	....	color supervisor
Daniel Alcaraz	....	animator
Lluís Arqués	....	animator
Carlos Arroyo	....	storyboard supervisor
Zsolt Baumgartner	....	animator
Augusto Borges Bastos	....	key clean-up artist
Carlos Cardero	....	animator
Juan C. Concha	....	animator (as Juan Carlos Concha)
Juan C. Concha	....	animator
Dave Coogan	....	animator
Tino Córdoba	....	animator
Salva de Aro	....	animator
Jean Cullen De Moura	....	key clean-up animator
Marcelo Fernandes De Moura	....	animation director
Valentín Doménech	....	animator (as Valentí Domènech)
Chris Doyle	....	animator
Joan Espinach	....	animation supervisor
Douglas Alves Ferreira	....	animator
Liliana Fortuny	....	animator
Manuel Galiana	....	animation director (as Manolo Galiana)
Pedro Daniel García Pérez	....	lead animator
Sandra Gaudi	....	animator
Diana Georgieva Anesteva	....	assistant animator
Jesús Gracia	....	layout artist
Arturo Hernández	....	animator
Pedro Hernández	....	animator (as Pere Hernández)
Carlos León	....	animator
Rosana Llave	....	animator
Carlos Luzzi	....	animator
Pablo Mandelbaum	....	animator
José Mansuy	....	animator (as Pepe Mansuy)
Alberto Marcos	....	animator
Toni Mengual	....	animator
Javier Ojuel	....	animator
Felipe Orozco	....	animator
Kimo Osuna	....	animator
Bojan Pantelic	....	character animation director
Jesús Parada	....	animator
Vittorio Pirajno	....	animation supervisor
Esteve Puig	....	animator
Inma Puig	....	animator (as Imma Puig)
Núria Puig	....	color director (as Nuri Puig)
Miquel Pujol	....	animation supervisor
Fernando Pérez	....	animator
Santi Roig	....	animation supervisor
Mario Serrano	....	animator
José Solís	....	animator
János Szabó	....	animator
Ricard Tarrés	....	animator
Gern Thomas	....	animator
Wilson Henrique Vesco	....	animator
Carlos Zapater	....	animator
Francisco Álvarez	....	animator

Casting Department
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Rosa Marquetti	....	casting: Cuba

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mariolis Robaina Valiente	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Victor Martos	....	color timer
Pepín	....	digital intermediate colorist
Diana Toucedo	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Yaroldi Abreu	....	musician
Ted Ackerman	....	musician
James Anderson	....	music mixing
James Anderson	....	music recording
Rodney Barreto	....	musician
Geandelaxis Bell	....	musician (as Geandelaxis Bell 'Mandela')
Seneca Black	....	musician
Luis Bonilla	....	musician
Kenji Bunch	....	musician
David Bunn	....	musician
Katherine Cherbas	....	musician
Stephanie Cummins	....	musician
Mark Feldman	....	musician
Inoidel González	....	musician
Maykel González	....	musician
Joyce Hammann	....	musician (as Joyce Hamman)
Antonio Hart	....	musician
Jimmy Heath	....	musician
Horacio Hernández	....	musician (as Horacio 'El Negro' Hernández)
Conrad Herwig	....	musician
Bobby Lavelle	....	musician
Salome Limon	....	music recording: Madrid
Rolando Luna	....	musician
Michael P. Mossman	....	additional musical arrangements
Dany Noel	....	musician
Yuri Nogueira	....	musician
Arturo O'Farrill	....	musician
Jeb Patton	....	musician
Carol Pool	....	musician
Dafnis Prieto	....	musician
Robert Procelli	....	musician
Douglas Purviance	....	musician
Roberto Quintero	....	musician
Ivan Renta	....	musician
Jorge Reyes	....	musician
Adel Rodríguez Casuso	....	musician
Michael Rodríguez	....	musician
Rubén Rodríguez	....	musician
Tony Rosa	....	musician
Frances Rowell	....	musician
Carlos Sarduy	....	musician
Laura J. Seaton	....	musician (as Laura Seaton)
Jim Seeley	....	musician
Debra Shufelt	....	musician
Antoine Silverman	....	musician
Gary Smulyan	....	musician
Pedro Ugarte Pérez	....	music recording: La Habana (as Pedro Ugarte)
Bebo Valdés	....	musical arrangements
Bebo Valdés	....	musician
Gary Valente	....	musician
Pete Van Nostrand	....	musician
Amadito Velazco	....	musician
Germán Velazco	....	musician
Erica von Kleist	....	musician
John Walsh	....	musician
Belinda Whitney	....	musician
David Wong	....	musician
Paul Woodiel	....	musician (as Paul Woodiell)

Other crew
Nerea Aizpurua	....	production coordinator (as Nerea Aizpurúa)
Barney Goodland	....	production assistant
Tansy Huws	....	production assistant
Josie Law	....	head of development & acquisitions: CinemaNX
Judith Rocabert	....	production assistant
Gemma Spector	....	head of distribution
Fabien Westerhoff	....	worldwide sales

Thanks
Jessica Berman	....	very special thanks
Carlos Carcas	....	thanks
Javier Limón	....	thanks
Bebo Valdés	....	dedicatee (as Bebo)

Production Companies

• Isle of Man Film
• CinemaNX
• Estudio Mariscal
• Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas
• Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC)
• HanWay Films
• ICF Institut Català de Finances
• Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
• Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
• Magic Light Pictures
• Mesfilms
• Televisió de Catalunya (TV3)
• Televisión Española (TVE)

Distributors

• CinemaNX (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• KOOL Filmdistribution (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Luma Films (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Praesens-Film (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Rézo Films (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Concorde Film Trust  funding
• Hobsoft  integrated production system
• La Bocina  sound post-production
• Lightstar Studios  overseas animation studio
• Sergio Pablos Animation Studios (AKA Animagic)  animation and clean-up services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

Also Known As:

Runtime:

UK:94 min

Country:

Spain | UK

Language:

Spanish | English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba

Company:

Isle of Man Film

Trivia:

In order to help accurately represent 1940s era Cuba, Javier Mariscal undertook an extensive research trip to Cuba and was able to view government archive photographs from 1949.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The kitchen in which Chico and Rita eat kidney-bean soup is in the United States. However, a European-style electrical outlet can be seen clearly on one of the walls.

Quotes:

Ramón:That's Chico. Unknown, but he's the hottest piano player in Cuba.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Special Collector's Edition: Los gemelos golpean dos veces (#3.4)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Blues for André

Absolutely wonderful and touching

As a big animation fan, I loved Chico and Rita, one of the most beautiful and most unique films I have seen recently. I also didn't care much for Estrella Morente, but that wasn't enough to be a massive problem. The film has one of the most unique visual styles I've seen not just in recent memory but perhaps even ever, and it looks gorgeous. Everything from the colours, sceneries and colours are rich in detail and beautiful on the eyes. Chico and Rita is a very musically rich film as well, with Cuban and Jazz music providing so much character to the atmosphere. The two titular characters are likable and engaging, the screenplay is good if nothing completely mind-blowing and the story is very touching. In conclusion, a wonderful film, animated or not. 9/10 Bethany Cox