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A love song

    

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.

    
  • "A brilliant homage to the cinema, to music and to love stories"

    Luis Martínez / El Mundo

  • "A stunning series of images, a genuine visual feast."

    Llàtzer Moix / La Vanguardia

  • "One is left with the sensation of having seen something familiar, warm and, let’s confess, beautiful"

    Luis Martínez / El Mundo

  • "The architecture of Havana and New York filtered by Mariscal’s particular iconography. "

    Federico Simón / El País

  • "Riddled with movie references as well as musical ones. It is a tribute that is full of sensuality."

    N. S. / El Periódico

  • "Mariscal and Trueba’s creative torrent flows through a city with wide open balconies. "

    C. Jiménez / Ine.es

  • "One of the best films ever made about jazz, I can’t think of any other that is truer and more moving."

    Gary Giddins / Film Comment

  • "Mariscal has captured the essence of Havana in the 40s and 50s with impressive beauty, detail and colour. "

    Rebeca Mauleón

  • "An intense and sexy yet turbulent love story"

    telegraph.co.uk

  • "It transports you to the vibrant, violent, sensual world of Havana in the 40s."

    Laura Snoad  / designweek.co.uk

  • "Visually hypnotic, musically electric "

    Stephen Farber / Film Review

  • "The elegant Central Park winter scene is memorable"

    Stephen Farber / Film Review

  • "The best musical of the year"

    Philip French / The Observer

  • "Mariscal has created the sexiest cartoon female since Jessica Rabbit. "

    Paul Whitington / Independent

  • "For all the romantics out there"

    Helen O'Hara / Empire

  • "Absolutely unique"

    Chris Sullivan / Metropoli

  • "The golden age of cartoons continues"

    Pam Grady / Movies.Yahoo.

  • "Pure pleasure"

    Meredith Brody / ThompsonOnHollywood

  • "A feast for one’s sight and hearing, These are easily the best 90 minutes I’ve spent in the cinema this year."

    Joseph Fahim /Daily News Egypt

  • "Impeccable work of art"

    David Jenkins / Time Out

  • "The virtuosity does not decline in this visually impressive and musically rich film"

    Lisa Mullen / Sight and Sound

  • "I have fallen in love with a film full of so much life, warmth and love and it reminded me what style in the movies is about"

    Shane McNeil / Toronto Film Scene

  • "This is a classical Hollywood film and truly a work of art"

    Shane McNeil / Toronto Film Scene

  • "Mariscal's drawings are magical"

    Jenny McCartney / Seven The Sunday

  • "The best jazz soundtrack in decades"

    Chris Sullivan / Metropoli

  • "One of the 10 best films of the year"

    Mark Kermode (BBC)

  • "Almost unimaginably rich and resonant!"

    AO Scott  / NY Times

  • "A swooningly beautiful, adults-only drama!"

    Lou Lumenick / New York Post

  • "Chico & Rita is the first big serendipitous surprise of 2012! A dazzling and delightful work of modernist animation!"

    Andrew O-Hehir / Salon

  • "The grown-up choice to win this year’s oscar for animated feature!"

    Marshall Fine / Huffington Post