Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) and Spain’s most successful designer Javier Mariscal’s new animated film Chico & Rita will have its LA Premiere Sunday 7. nov. 2010 in the Egyptian Theatre.
Plot:
Havana 1948. Chico is a young Cuban pianist who dreams of making a place for himself in the jazz world. Rita is a singer with an extraordinary voice which captivates everyone. Music brings them together and they embark on a passionate and tormented love affair. With a soundtrack of latin jazz as
background to their love story, we´re immersed in the world of Cuban passion, sensuality and music.
Freely based on the life of Cuban jazz pianist Bebo Valdez, this film captures a definitive moment in the evolution of jazz music. The film features music by legends Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie and Freddy Cole.
The Mariscals are united by many elements, but if one takes precedence over the rest, it would be the great passion they share for the music and culture of Cuba. Chico & Rita arises from this passion and from their delight in working together.
Trueba has written, along with Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, a beautiful love story. It could be made with actors, but in bringing it to the screen through animation, the story gains from Mariscal´s unique aesthetic and the poetry of this medium.
Mariscal´s recreation of the exhuberant Havana of the late 40´s is full of light and colour. He contrasts this with winterland New York, and the decadence of places such as Las Vegas, Paris and Beverly Hills. The film is packed with scenes of great beauty and visual richness.
After the unexpected and global success of ´Lágrimas Negras´ (Grammy Award recipient with more than 1 million CD´s sold worldwide) featuring legendary Cuban pianist and band leader Bebo Valdes, Fernando Trueba continues rewarding us with his extraordinary knowledge of latin jazz, providing scores of
essential themes and unknown jewels for the public.
Trueba has again collaborated with Bebo Valdes to create the soundtrack for Chico & Rita.
The combination of these three ingredients - a beautiful love story, Mariscal´s aesthetic and the Cuban music interpreted by great musicians, creates a feast for the international market.
See the trailer at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMdL4Y5KB6A&hd=1
You may listen to some of the music at
https://soundcloud.com/picturehouses/sets/chico-rita-soundtrack
A tv clip from Spanish TV3 about the production
https://www.tv3.cat/videos/1075779/Mariscal-i-Trueba-associats
The press book
https://chicoandrita.com/assets/pdf/C&R_pressbook_ENG.pdf
A document with early artwork
https://designmuseum.org/media/item/75103/2070/Chico-Rita-Film-Release-FINAL.pdf
The film on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chico-y-Rita/60604281713?v=wall
AIGA interview with Javier Mariscal
https://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/rhythm-romance-and-revolution-an-interview-with-javier-mariscal
Interview with Trueba and Mariscal at TIFF 2010
[url[/MEDIA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bcqWszoMZM&feature=youtube_gdata[/url]
And for those interested in more technical themes about the production
https://www.hobsoft.net/cases/chico
and
https://www.hobsoft.net/cases/page_chico/harmony_case_study_chico_and_rita.pdf
and
https://www.toonboom.com/expertcorner/chicoandrita.php
Plot:
Havana 1948. Chico is a young Cuban pianist who dreams of making a place for himself in the jazz world. Rita is a singer with an extraordinary voice which captivates everyone. Music brings them together and they embark on a passionate and tormented love affair. With a soundtrack of latin jazz as
background to their love story, we´re immersed in the world of Cuban passion, sensuality and music.
Freely based on the life of Cuban jazz pianist Bebo Valdez, this film captures a definitive moment in the evolution of jazz music. The film features music by legends Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie and Freddy Cole.
The Mariscals are united by many elements, but if one takes precedence over the rest, it would be the great passion they share for the music and culture of Cuba. Chico & Rita arises from this passion and from their delight in working together.
Trueba has written, along with Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, a beautiful love story. It could be made with actors, but in bringing it to the screen through animation, the story gains from Mariscal´s unique aesthetic and the poetry of this medium.
Mariscal´s recreation of the exhuberant Havana of the late 40´s is full of light and colour. He contrasts this with winterland New York, and the decadence of places such as Las Vegas, Paris and Beverly Hills. The film is packed with scenes of great beauty and visual richness.
After the unexpected and global success of ´Lágrimas Negras´ (Grammy Award recipient with more than 1 million CD´s sold worldwide) featuring legendary Cuban pianist and band leader Bebo Valdes, Fernando Trueba continues rewarding us with his extraordinary knowledge of latin jazz, providing scores of
essential themes and unknown jewels for the public.
Trueba has again collaborated with Bebo Valdes to create the soundtrack for Chico & Rita.
The combination of these three ingredients - a beautiful love story, Mariscal´s aesthetic and the Cuban music interpreted by great musicians, creates a feast for the international market.
See the trailer at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMdL4Y5KB6A&hd=1
You may listen to some of the music at
https://soundcloud.com/picturehouses/sets/chico-rita-soundtrack
A tv clip from Spanish TV3 about the production
https://www.tv3.cat/videos/1075779/Mariscal-i-Trueba-associats
The press book
https://chicoandrita.com/assets/pdf/C&R_pressbook_ENG.pdf
A document with early artwork
https://designmuseum.org/media/item/75103/2070/Chico-Rita-Film-Release-FINAL.pdf
The film on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chico-y-Rita/60604281713?v=wall
AIGA interview with Javier Mariscal
https://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/rhythm-romance-and-revolution-an-interview-with-javier-mariscal
Interview with Trueba and Mariscal at TIFF 2010
[url[/MEDIA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bcqWszoMZM&feature=youtube_gdata[/url]
And for those interested in more technical themes about the production
https://www.hobsoft.net/cases/chico
and
https://www.hobsoft.net/cases/page_chico/harmony_case_study_chico_and_rita.pdf
and
https://www.toonboom.com/expertcorner/chicoandrita.php
