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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.
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Taglines:
Beautiful, Seductive and Spellbinding.
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Release Date:
19 November 2010 (UK)
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Box Office
Budget:
EUR9,200,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$20,654,
12 February 2012
Gross USA:
$350,524
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$2,347,919
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Chico is very fortunate to be able to go back to the USA as he was deported from the USA for drug crimes. People deported from the USA must wait a set period of time (usually five, ten, or 20 years) before applying for a re-entry visa. Some people a given a permanent ban e.g. aliens convicted of an aggravated felony (such as illicit trafficking in a controlled substance).
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Goofs
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.
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Quotes
Chico:
Have you thought about your career? About your future?
Rita:
Future, what future? The future never gave me anything! All my hopes are set on the past.
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Soundtracks
Mambo Herd
Written by
Tito Puente
Performed by Chico & Rita Cuba Band
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Chico & Rita was good in the technical departments and nothing you've seen before. The rather flat character designs moving in a 3D environment was different from many films made these days.
Essentially a slice of life of a musician who reminisces upon his career in which he met his love and followed her everywhere be it on purpose or by coincidence. He meets famous jazz musicians who aren't always good company, but keeps in touch with an old friend of his as an anchor in the harsh life of musicians.
While I didn't fully connect with the characters, I enjoyed the music and the cameos from the historical musicians and the flashback angle the film followed to make Chico a little more sympathetic than that jerk he more than once came off as. And the music and animation style made it unique in both look and feel.