Chico & Rita

- 2010
- Spain/UK
- 15
- Directed by: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Cast: Lenny Mandel, Limara Meneses
- Language: Spanish, English
Beautiful Spanish adult animation relating the bolero romance of a young aspiring pianist and fledgling singer who fall in love in 1940s Havana and later meet again as their careers take them across the world from Paris to Hollywood.
Performance times
Reviews & features
Chico & Rita


(15) 93min This Spanish-made, English-language, feature-length animation joins the ever-growing list of highly unconventional, beautifully realised, adult-oriented cartoons made outside of America that also includes The Illusionist, Waltz with Bashir…
Chico & Rita - Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal profile

Directors on Cobi, Cuba and backgrounds in music and design
Names Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal Background Javier Mariscal is a Spanish artist and designer who designed Cobi, the mascot for the Barcelona Olympics. Other iconic designs including the room chair that was used in the second series of…
Chico & Rita on YouTube
Tell us more about this listing.