Watch Party and Discussion of "Chico & Rita" with Professor Raul Fernandez
Department: Latin American Studies
Date and Time: February 3, 2021 | 4:00 PM-6:00 PMEvent Location: click link in poster below and enter login information in separate window
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Spanish Film Club Virtual Festival 2021
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Spanish and English with English subtitles
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.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Fernando Trueba is a multi-award-winning writer, director and producer. The Age Of Beauty (Belle Epoque), starring Penelope Cruz, won both the Oscar® and BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film. Trueba’s last film The Dancer And The Thief (El baile de la victoria) was Spain’s submission to the 2010 Academy® Awards, and received 10 Goya® Academy Award nominations.
It was with Trueba’s Latin jazz documentary Calle 54 that he began his collaboration and friendship with Javier Mariscal. Mariscal is an artist and designer based in Barcelona. His design, Cobi, was chosen as the official mascot of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He wrote and directed the animated television series The Cobi Troup and co-directed Chico & Rita. Mariscal’s brother Tono Errando worked as a director of commercials and music videos before directing the popular animated television series Twipsy