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La Leyenda de la Nahuala (2007)

La Leyenda de la Nahuala poster
Directed by
Ricardo Arnaiz
Genre
comedy horror
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
L
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 246 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy must face a ghostly legend to save his brother in a colonial Mexican town. The story mixes comedy with mild scares and local folklore.

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What happens

Legend Quest: The Legend of The Nahuala (released in Latin America as La Leyenda de la Nahuala) is a 2007 Mexican animated horror comedy film released in theaters on November 1, 2007 in Mexico. It was the fourth animated feature film in Mexico to be released, and the first to be exhibited in DTS. The film was a box-office success on its opening weekend, grossing a total of $42.2 million pesos (US$4.03 million). It was produced by Soco Aguilar and Ricardo Arnaiz and directed by Arnaíz. It was later released direct-to-video in the United States in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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