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Coco (2017)

Coco poster
Directed by
Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, musical film, family film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 21,119 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 12-year-old boy named Miguel, who loves music despite his family's ban on it, gets transported to the Land of the Dead on the Day of the Dead. He searches for his great-great-grandfather to help him return home and get his family to accept music again.

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What happens

Coco is a 2017 American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Lee Unkrich, and written by Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich, the film stars the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguía and Edward James Olmos. It follows a 12-year-old boy in Mexico named Miguel (Gonzalez) who is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, where he seeks the help of his deceased musician great-great-grandfather to return him to his family and reverse their ban on music. The concept for Coco is inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. Pixar began developing the animation in 2016. Unkrich, Molina, Anderson and some of the film's crew visited Mexico for research. Composer Michael Giacchino, who had worked on prior Pixar animated features, composed the score. With a cost of $175–225 million, Coco is the first film with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino principal cast. Coco premiered on October 20, 2017, during the Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia, Mexico. It was theatrically released in Mexico the following week, the weekend before Día de Muertos, and in the United States on November 22, 2017. The film received critical acclaim for its animation, voice acting, music, visuals, emotional story, and respect for Mexican culture. It grossed over $823 million worldwide, becoming the 15th highest-grossing animated film ever at the time of its release. Coco received two awards at the 90th Academy Awards and numerous other accolades. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as the Best Animated Film of 2017. A sequel, titled Coco 2, is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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