Chico & Rita
Release date: 2010-11-19
Votes: 239
Genres: Animation, Music, Romance
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.
Reviews
Andres Gomez
The animation, music and look back to the history in Cuba is very nice but the story is quite old and told in better ways in many other movies.
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