Le Regard Libre N° 74 - Alice Bruxelle
File «The figure of the musician in cinema».»
Are cartoons just for kids? If the answer is yes, you probably haven't yet discovered Chico & Rita (2011), an animated Spanish-British feature film directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. The story of a passionate love affair set against a backdrop of Afro-Cuban jazz, it charts the lives of two musicians whose dreams are dashed by social issues far more powerful than they are. Tackling themes of identity loss and racism, the two directors endow this cartoon with a depth that has nothing to envy of traditional films.
Par les traits clairs et spontanés du graphiste Javier Mariscal, une musique bebop – courant décisif du jazz qui s’affranchit des codes du swing pour plus de liberté et d’improvisation – qui a
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