Chico & Rita (2010)
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- 1h 34min
- Animation, Crime
- 19 Nov 2010 (UK)
- Movie
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...
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations.
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Cast
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Limara Meneses | ... |
Rita (voice)
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Eman Xor Oña | ... |
Chico (voice)
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Mario Guerra | ... |
Ramón (voice)
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Jon Adams | ... |
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Renny Arozarena | ... |
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Blanca Rosa Blanco | ... |
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Jackie de la Nuez | ... |
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(as Jakie de la Nuez)
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Rigoberto Ferrera | ... |
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| Ken Forman | ... |
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Ray Gillon | ... |
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| Steve Harper | ... |
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(as Michael Harper)
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| Lenny Mandel | ... |
Ron (voice)
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Jorge Ryan | ... |
(voice)
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Claudia Valdes | ... |
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(as Claudia Valdés)
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Claudia Valdés | ... |
(voice)
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Ashley Paige Albert | ... |
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(as Ashley Albert)
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Tracey Ayer | ... |
(voice)
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Carlos Cabal | ... |
(voice)
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Wendy Dillon | ... |
(voice)
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Kathy Fitzgerald | ... |
(voice)
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Luis Alberto García | ... |
(voice)
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Mark Anthony Henry | ... |
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Kerin McCue | ... |
(voice)
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Miriam Socarras | ... |
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| Peter Appel | ... |
(voice)
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| Jay Benedict | ... |
(voice)
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Luis Enrique Carreres | ... |
(voice)
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Aleida Enríquez | ... |
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Carlos Ever Fonseca | ... |
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Yaroldi Abreu | ... |
Chano Pozo (singingVoice)
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| Mary J. Blige | ... |
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Eddy Calderón | ... |
(voice)
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Freddie Cole | ... |
Nat King Cole (singingVoice)
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| Viola Davis | ... |
(voice)
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Alexis González | ... |
(voice)
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| Jimmy Heath | ... |
Ben Webster (singingVoice)
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David Kramer | ... |
(voice)
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Rolando Luna | ... |
Chico (Celia) (singingVoice)
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Pedro Martinez | ... |
Miguelito Valdés (singingVoice)
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Estrella Morente | ... |
Self (voice)
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Michael Phillip Mossman | ... |
Dizzy Gillespie (singingVoice)
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| Wendell Pierce | ... |
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| Chris Pine | ... |
(voice)
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Diana Preisler | ... |
(voice)
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| Rob Riggle | ... |
(voice)
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| Isabelle Stoffel | ... |
(voice)
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Amadito Valdés | ... |
Tito Puente (singingVoice)
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| Bebo Valdés | ... |
Chico (singingVoice)
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Idania Valdés | ... |
Rita (singingVoice)
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Germán Velazco | ... |
Charlie Parker (singingVoice)
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Gladys Zurbano | ... |
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Directed by
| Tono Errando | ||
| Javier Mariscal | ||
| Fernando Trueba | ||
Written by
| Ignacio Martínez de Pisón | ... | () |
| 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 |
Music by
| Bebo Valdés | ||
Film Editing by
| Arnau Quiles | ||
Editorial Department
| Elena Araco | ... | scanning and film recording |
| Sandra Filippelli | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Neus Hernández | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Pedro Lozano | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Victor Martos | ... | color timer |
| Pepín | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Diana Toucedo | ... | assistant editor |
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 |
| María Pagán | ... | Production Director: Animagic |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Fabio Meira | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Marc Calvelo | ... | texture artist |
| Steve Garry | ... | Color Artist |
| Joan Masip | ... | backgrounds |
| Sergio Muñoz | ... | graphic design |
| Matthew Oates | ... | Color Artist |
| Jorge Penny | ... | graphic design |
Sound Department
| Álex F. Capilla | ... | foley artist |
| Patrick Ghislain | ... | foley mixer |
| Pelayo Gutiérrez | ... | sound editor |
| Detlef Halaski | ... | re-recording mixer: german |
| Ana Belén Martín | ... | post-production sound |
| Miguel Muñoz Huete | ... | second sound editing assistant |
| Nacho Royo-Villanova | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Iñaki Sánchez | ... | sound assistant |
| Marco A. Toledo | ... | sound mixer |
| Ricardo Viñas | ... | dolby sound consultant |
Visual Effects by
| Marc Calvelo | ... | character animator |
| David Campassol | ... | 3D technical director (as David Kampa) |
| Ivan Costarrosa Rios | ... | compositor |
| Lluïsa Cuchillo | ... | compositor |
| Llorenç Esteve | ... | compositor |
| Boris Martínez | ... | digital compositor |
| Manel Ovat | ... | visual effects |
| Aurelio Pozas | ... | digital compositor |
| Eduard Puertas | ... | compositing supervisor |
| Carlos Rubio | ... | visual effects compositor |
| Adam Sullastres | ... | cg artist |
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 |
| Krisztina Bakos | ... | clean-up/inbetween artist |
| Zsolt Baumgartner | ... | animator |
| Augusto Borges Bastos | ... | key clean-up artist |
| Manuel Borras | ... | animator (as Manuel Borrás) |
| Carlos Cardero | ... | animator |
| Juan C. Concha | ... | animator (as Juan Carlos Concha) / animator |
| Dave Coogan | ... | animator |
| Sergi Cámara | ... | 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 |
| Darío Durán | ... | 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 Correas | ... | animator (as Arturo Hernández) |
| Pedro Hernández | ... | animator (as Pere Hernández) |
| Arly Jones | ... | background artist |
| Carlos León | ... | animator |
| Rosana Llave | ... | animator |
| Carlos Luzzi | ... | animator |
| Pablo Mandelbaum | ... | animator |
| José Mansuy | ... | animator (as Pepe Mansuy) |
| Alberto Marcos | ... | animator |
| Pilar Menendez | ... | assistant animator |
| Toni Mengual | ... | animator |
| Francisco Muñoz | ... | animator |
| Jorge Zagatto Neto | ... | animator |
| Javier Ojuel | ... | animator |
| Felipe Orozco | ... | animator |
| Kimo Osuna | ... | animator |
| Bojan Pantelic | ... | character animation director |
| Jesús Parada | ... | animator |
| Ferenc Petrovics | ... | 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 |
| Andrzej Radka | ... | animator |
| Alberto Rodriguez | ... | animator |
| Santi Roig | ... | animation supervisor |
| Cadu Rosenfeld | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tathy Schorr | ... | inbetween artist |
| Renato dos Santos Sena | ... | animator |
| Mario Serrano | ... | animator |
| José Solís | ... | animator |
| János Szabó | ... | animator |
| Ricard Tarrés | ... | animator |
| Gern Thomas | ... | animator |
| Paula Magrini Urbinati | ... | clean-up artist |
| Wilson Henrique Vesco | ... | animator |
| Carlos Zapater | ... | animator |
| Francisco Álvarez | ... | animator |
| David Parcerisa | ... | character designer (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| David H. Kramer | ... | adr voice casting |
| Rosa Marquetti | ... | casting: Cuba |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Mariolis Robaina Valiente | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
| Yaroldi Abreu | ... | musician |
| Ted Ackerman | ... | musician |
| James Anderson | ... | music mixing / 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) |
| Lourdes Hernández | ... | music clearance and licensing |
| Conrad Herwig | ... | musician |
| Bobby Lavelle | ... | musician |
| Salomé Limón | ... | music recording: Madrid (as Salome Limon) |
| 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 |
| Michael Aku RoDriguez | ... | musician (as Michael Rodríguez) |
| Adel Rodríguez Casuso | ... | 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 / 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) |
Additional Crew
| Nerea Aizpurua | ... | production coordinator (as Nerea Aizpurúa) |
| Renato Celani | ... | representative: CinemaNX |
| Rogerio Ferraz da Silva | ... | cleanup artist |
| Barney Goodland | ... | production assistant |
| Tansy Huws | ... | production assistant |
| Joshua Jason | ... | publicist |
| Josie Law | ... | head of development & acquisitions: CinemaNX |
| Yago Mariño | ... | making of |
| Judith Rocabert | ... | production assistant |
| Maloles Rodríguez | ... | production assistant |
| Jill Rosen | ... | For Hanway Films / publicity: for HanWay Films |
| Gemma Spector | ... | head of distribution |
| Graham Sylvester | ... | representative: CinemaNX |
| Fabien Westerhoff | ... | worldwide sales: Hanway Films |
| Tim Haslam | ... | Worldwide sales (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Carlos Carcas | ... | thanks |
| Jessica Huppert Berman | ... | very special thanks (as Jessica Berman) |
| 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) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
- Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
- Rézo Films (2011) (France) (theatrical)
- KOOL Filmdistribution (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Praesens-Film (2011) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- GKIDS (2012) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Luma Films (2012) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD) (subtitled)
- A-One Films (2011) (Russia) (theatrical)
Special Effects
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 New York (ADR Facility)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. Written by Anonymous |
| Plot Keywords | |
| Taglines | Love Is A Song You Never Forget. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | EUR9,200,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $2,347,919 |
Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Tema de Rita (A Mayra) See more » |
| Crazy Credits | A Bebo. See more » |
| 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. See more » |