Wednesday, March 20, 6:30 pm, Cone Center McKnight Auditorium
Tuesday, April 2, 6:15 pm, UNC Charlotte main campus, CHHS 281
Fernando Trueba, Spain, United Kingdom, 2012/94 min.
Spanish with English subtitles
Sponsors: Pragda Grant, Spanish Club CEPA
Introduction by Hugo Pascual Bordón, Instructor of Spanish, UNC Charlotte. A discussion will follow the screening.
Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Calle 54) and Spain’s legendary illustrator Javier Mariscal celebrate their passion for the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak.
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood, and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, Chico & Rita captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.
“Exuberant! Breathtakingly Beautiful! A visually hypnotic, musically electric film! It’s a pleasure to surrender to the movie’s lush visuals!” – The Hollywood Reporter
