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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... See more »

Awards:
  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 11 nominations.
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Cast

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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)
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(voice)
Ray Gillon ...
(voice)
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(voice) (as Michael Harper)
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Ron (voice)
Jorge Ryan ...
(voice)
Claudia Valdes ...
(voice) (as Claudia Valdés)
Claudia Valdés ...
(voice)
Ashley Paige Albert ...
(voice) (as Ashley Albert)
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)
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(voice)
...
(voice)
Luis Enrique Carreres ...
(voice)
Aleida Enríquez ...
(voice)
Carlos Ever Fonseca ...
(voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yaroldi Abreu ...
Chano Pozo (singingVoice)
...
(voice)
Eddy Calderón ...
(voice)
Freddie Cole ...
Nat King Cole (singingVoice)
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(voice)
Alexis González ...
(voice)
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Ben Webster (singingVoice)
David Kramer ...
(voice)
Rolando Luna ...
Chico (Celia) (singingVoice)
Pedro Martinez ...
Miguelito Valdés (singingVoice)
Estrella Morente ...
Self (voice)
Michael Phillip Mossman ...
Dizzy Gillespie (singingVoice)
...
(voice)
...
(voice)
Diana Preisler ...
(voice)
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(voice)
...
(voice)
Amadito Valdés ...
Tito Puente (singingVoice)
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Chico (singingVoice)
Idania Valdés ...
Rita (singingVoice)
Germán Velazco ...
Charlie Parker (singingVoice)
Gladys Zurbano ...
(voice)

Directed by

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Tono Errando
Javier Mariscal
Fernando Trueba

Written by

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

Produced by

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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

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Bebo Valdés

Editing by

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Arnau Quiles

Editorial Department

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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

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Mariolis Robaina Valiente ... makeup artist

Production Management

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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

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Fabio Meira ... assistant director

Art Department

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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

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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

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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

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Miguel Calzado ... lighting (as Miguel Calzado Álvarez)

Animation Department

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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 Haro ... animator (as Salva de Aro)
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

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

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mariolis Robaina Valiente ... wardrobe

Music Department

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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

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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

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

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Storyline

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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 »
Genres
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Chico i Rita (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Chico et Rita (France)
  • Chico Và Rita (Vietnam)
  • Chico i Rita (Poland)
  • Τσίκο & Ρίτα (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 94 min
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Box Office

Budget EUR9,200,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $2,347,919

Did You Know?

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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 poster for "Vertigo" in Paris has "D'entre Nos Mortes" on it rather than "Morts". This is the title of the source novel, sometimes featured on the poster in France, but the title was "Sueurs Froides". 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.
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