Coco

Coco (2017)
Tagline: « The celebration of a lifetime »
Actors:
Ernesto de la Cruz
Mamá Imelda
Abuelita
Rating:  vote average (717’968 votes)
Quotes: « Héctor: [sings] Remember me, though I have to say goodbye / Remember me, don't let it make you cry / For even if I'm far away, I hold you in my heart / I sing a secret song to you, each night we are apart / Remember me, though I have to travel far / Remember me, each time you hear a sad guitar / Know that I'm with you, the only way that I can be / Until you're in my arms again, remember me… » [from trailer] « Clerk: [sneezes] I am terribly allergic. » « Miguel: But Dante doesn't have any hair. » « Clerk: And I don't have a nose, and yet, here we are. » « Ernesto de la Cruz: [to Mamá Imelda] Don't I know you? » « Mamá Imelda: [Smacks Ernesto with her shoe] That's for murdering the love of my life! » « Ernesto de la Cruz: [Confused] Who the…? » « Héctor: She's talking about me! » [to Imelda, touched] « Héctor: I'm the love of your life? » « Mamá Imelda: I don't know, I'm still angry at you! » « Ernesto de la Cruz: Hector? How did you… » [Imelda smacks him with her shoe again] « Mamá Imelda: And *that's* for trying to murder my grandson! » « Ernesto de la Cruz: Grandson? » « Miguel: She's talking about me! » « Ernesto de la Cruz: You! Wait. You're related to Hector? » « Miguel: [pointing at De la Cruz's breast pocket] The photo! » [the rest of the family appears from around the corner; De la Cruz runs] « Mamá Imelda: After him! » « Ernesto de la Cruz: Security! » « Héctor: You said love of your life? » « Mamá Imelda: I don't know *what* I said! » « Miguel: [cheekily] That's what *I* heard… »
Runtime:105 minutes
Plots: Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. 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. Young Miguel simply loves music. But his family has a mysterious ban on anyone from their clan performing music. The ban dates back for many generations yet Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician just like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Longing to prove his musical talents, Miguel finds himself in the technicolor Land of the Dead. Along his way, he meets the charming trickster Hector, and together, they set out to find the real story behind his family’s mysterious ban on music.

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