Musical Latin Bliss – Sunday 10 April, 5:30pm at Tricycle Cinema, Kilburn
With a soundtrack of Latin jazz as background the story of Chico and Rita is actually both, the subject and the pretext for a lush, visually stunning, and musically charming recreation of an era.
Title: Chico & Rita
Director: Fernando Trueda, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando
Venue: Tricycle Cinema Kilburn (269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR)
Price: £9.50
Time: 5.30pm - 8:00pm
Date: Sunday, 10 April
Genre: Animation/Drama, 94, UK/Spain, 2010
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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 that captivates everyone. Music brings them together and they embark on a passionate and tormented love affair.
Freely based on the life of Cuban jazz pianist Bebo Valdez, this film captures a definitive moment in the evolution of jazz (Latin Jazz) music featuring music by legends Thelonious Monk, Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie and Nat King Cole to name a few, as well as female artists such Estrella Morentes & Idania Valdés (Rita).
Followed by: a live performance of a traditional Cuban song..