'' Chico and Rita '' is a 2010 Spanish adult animated music romantic film with Spanish and English languages directed by Tono Errando , Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal . The story of Chico and Rita is set against backdrops of Havana , New York City , Las Vegas , Los Angeles and Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s . Chico is a young piano player with big dreams . Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice . Music and romantic desire unite them , but their journey — in the tradition of the Latin ballad , the bolero — brings heartache and torment . The film was produced by Fernando Trueba Producciones , Estudio Mariscal , and Magic Light Pictures . It received financing from CinemaNX and Isle of Man Film . It won the Goya Award for Best Animated Film at the 25th Goya Awards and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards ( the first nomination for a Spanish full-length animated film )
25th Goya Awards
25th Goya Awards
Chico and Rita