Now this isn't something I would normally be referring to on my blog,
but if you as I, are easily swayed by a truly haunting love story, and doubly so by animation on almost every level, then make sure you don't miss this film. And if not for any of that, then how can you NOT be absolutely floored by the music of Havana, reminiscent of the style of the Buena Vista Social Club and equally as touching.
but if you as I, are easily swayed by a truly haunting love story, and doubly so by animation on almost every level, then make sure you don't miss this film. And if not for any of that, then how can you NOT be absolutely floored by the music of Havana, reminiscent of the style of the Buena Vista Social Club and equally as touching.
Cuba, 1948. 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. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.
The story artfully weaves within it's education of the period the tale of one of the pioneers in Latin Jazz of that time, none other than Luciano "Chano" Pozo Gonzales. The hot-tempered Chano Pozo was the first in a long line of Latin percussionists to have performed with the legendary giant Dizzy Gillespie, the godfather of Latin jazz in the U.S.
He, Pozo was killed in a fight at a bar in Harlem, New York, at the age of 33, allegedly over an argument regarding the quality of a bag of marijuana he had bought from his assassin. He and many other great performers of the era are artfully woven into the soundtrack of the tale.
The story artfully weaves within it's education of the period the tale of one of the pioneers in Latin Jazz of that time, none other than Luciano "Chano" Pozo Gonzales. The hot-tempered Chano Pozo was the first in a long line of Latin percussionists to have performed with the legendary giant Dizzy Gillespie, the godfather of Latin jazz in the U.S.
He, Pozo was killed in a fight at a bar in Harlem, New York, at the age of 33, allegedly over an argument regarding the quality of a bag of marijuana he had bought from his assassin. He and many other great performers of the era are artfully woven into the soundtrack of the tale.
See a clip of the film below and remember to check out the website of this delightful and charming love story set amidst the opposing squalor and creativity of Havana and it's music in the 1940's
CHICO AND RITA website
Dig DA MUSIC, LOVE DA FILM.
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