- Rating:
- 80%
- Format:
- Cinema
- Year:
- 2010
- Predominant Genre:
- Drama
- Plot:
- 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.
- Themes:
- White supremacy
- Similar Titles:
- Unknown
- Best Performances:
- None
Whites cannot Compete
More concerned with Black music - and the love of Black music - than it is with the strident political context of US White supremacism and the Cuban revolution, this lushly romantic and sentimental love story is still something of a winner, despite its lack of developed thematic context.
Rita is animated as a cross between Dorothy Dandridge and Sade. Her erotic appeal is well to the fore in her much smoother movements and her seeming to glide around rather than walk. Both she and Chico are believable lovers and they manage to carry the emotional weight of the movie despite the rocky nature of their sexual relationship.
The animation is a curious mix of primitive techniques and state-of-the-art CGI that works well because it focuses on the characters. Less effective than the Illusionist (Illusionniste), but this film suggests a greater likelihood of cartoons being aimed at adults now, as opposed to the current mediocre standards of Disney and the declining quality of Pixar - albeit that the latter have produced the excellent Toy Story movies.
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