
Chico & Rita (2010)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 34min
- Animation, Crime
- 19 Nov 2010 (UK)
- Movie
- 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 | ... |
(voice)
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Renny Arozarena | ... |
(voice)
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Blanca Rosa Blanco | ... |
(voice)
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Jackie de la Nuez | ... |
(voice)
(as Jakie de la Nuez)
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Rigoberto Ferrera | ... |
(voice)
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Ken Forman | ... |
(voice)
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Ray Gillon | ... |
(voice)
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Steve Harper | ... |
(voice)
(as Michael Harper)
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Lenny Mandel | ... |
Ron (voice)
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Jorge Ryan | ... |
(voice)
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Claudia Valdes | ... |
(voice)
(as Claudia Valdés)
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Claudia Valdés | ... |
(voice)
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Ashley Paige Albert | ... |
(voice)
(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 | ... |
(voice)
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Kerin McCue | ... |
(voice)
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Miriam Socarras | ... |
(voice)
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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 | ... |
(voice)
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Carlos Ever Fonseca | ... |
(voice)
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Yaroldi Abreu | ... |
Chano Pozo (singingVoice)
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Mary J. Blige | ... |
(voice)
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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 | ... |
(voice)
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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 | ... |
(voice)
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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 |
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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 » |