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Coco
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
2017 · Directed by Lee Unkrich · 105 min · Family · Animation · Music · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
The celebration of a lifetime.
Plot
In the Mexican town of Santa Cecilia, a young woman named Imelda marries a man who eventually leaves her and their daughter Coco to pursue a music career. When he never returns, Imelda bans music from her family and opens a shoemaking business.
Decades later, Imelda's great-great-grandson Miguel lives in the family home with his parents and relatives, including an elderly and ailing Coco. Despite the family's continued ban on music, Miguel secretly loves it and teaches himself to play guitar by watching the VHS documentary of his idol, the late musician Ernesto de la Cruz. On the Day of the Dead, Miguel inadvertently bumps the family ofrenda and breaks a frame containing a photo of Imelda and an infant Coco. He discovers a hidden section of the photograph that shows his great-great-grandfather, whose head has been torn from the photo, holding Ernesto's famous guitar. Believing this proves Ernesto is his relative, Miguel excitedly tells his family about his musical aspirations. In response, Miguel's grandmother, Elena, destroys his guitar, causing him to shun his family.
Miguel breaks into Ernesto's mausoleum and takes his guitar to use in a local talent competition. Once Miguel strums it, he becomes invisible to all living people. However, he can interact with his skeletal dead relatives, who are visiting from the Land of the Dead for the holiday. Taking him back with them, they realize Imelda cannot visit since Miguel removed her photo from the ofrenda. Miguel also discovers that he has been cursed for stealing from the dead: he must receive a family blessing to return to the living world before sunrise or he will remain in the Land of the Dead forever. Imelda offers him a blessing on the condition that he abandons music, but Miguel refuses and seeks Ernesto's blessing instead.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich
- Cinematography: Matt Aspbury, Danielle Feinberg
- Edited by: Lee Unkrich, Steve Bloom
- Music: Michael Giacchino
- Production design: Harley Jessup
- Produced by: Darla K. Anderson
Cast
- Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel Rivera (voice)
- Gael García Bernal as Héctor (voice)
- Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto de la Cruz (voice)
- Alanna Ubach as Mamá Imelda (voice)
- Renée Victor as Abuelita (voice)
- Jaime Camil as Papá (voice)
- Alfonso Arau as Papá Julio (voice)
- Herbert Siguenza as Tío Oscar / Tío Felipe (voice)
- Gabriel Iglesias as Clerk (voice)
- Lombardo Boyar as Plaza Mariachi / Gustavo (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Pixar
- Budget: $175,000,000
- Box office: $814,641,172
- Themes: skeleton, mexico, guitar, afterlife, musician, holiday, villain, singer, murderer, life after death
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