The 8th Spanish Film Festival in Singapore is ending soon. Â See if you can catch Chico & Rita (2010) at The Arts House today. Â Admission is free on a first come basis.
Chico & Rita is a Spanish animated feature-length film.  The first that was nominated for the Oscar.  The artwork is beautiful.  Each frame could well be made into a wall painting.  The soundtrack throughout the film is equally beautiful, especially for the jazz music lover.  Set in Cuba, a pianist called Chico meets a singer called Rita.  And they have fallen in love.  However, circumstances seem to often get into their way.  Chico & Rita is a journey of love and music from Cuba’s Havana to New York and Las Vegas in a span of five decades.  Due to the rich history behind Chico & Rita and the fact that many of Havana’s pre-revolutionary buildings had decayed, the filmmakers have looked into the photograph archive in order to recreate the era and the mood.
This story is rather dark. Â So is the mood. Â Perhaps it is the pain the gives forth such beautiful music and inspires such exquisite artwork.
