Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
2014
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Genres
Children's Animation Musical Fantasy
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
A group of children visiting a museum on 2 November, the Day of the Dead, are told by a mysterious tour guide a story from the Book of Life, a huge, colorful miscellany of Mexican folklore. The story tells of two young men in the town of San Angel, who are in love with beautiful, hard-to-impress animal-lover María. Manolo is from a bullfighting family, but he prefers singing and refuses to kill bulls. Joaquín loves battling bandits and displaying his bravery and medals. A bet on the romantic outcome is made by the otherworldly deities La Muerte (in charge of the happy afterlife Land of the Remembered) and her scheming husband, the grotesque Xibalba (in charge of the sorrowful Land of the Forgotten), with power over humans' peace in the safe hands of La Muerte if Manolo is chosen, but in the clutches of Xibalba if Joaquín is chosen. Xibalba resorts to cheating in this contest and Manolo duly finds himself in an afterlife realm with his ancestors, who then help him in his quest for María's heart.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Mary Beth
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Candle Maker
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La Muerte
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Manolo
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Xibalba
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María
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Joaquín
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Grandma
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General Posada/Dali/Chuv
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Carlos Sanchez
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skeleton Carmen
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skeleton Luis
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skeleton Carmelo
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skeleton Jorge
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Pepe Rodríguez
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Pancho Rodríguez
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Pablo Rodríguez
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
Rights:
Production:
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A Guillermo del Toro production
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Presents
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Presents
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Post-production Supervisor
Casting:
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Casting by
Writing:
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Screenplay by
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Screenplay by
Special Effects:
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Visual Effects Supervisor
Animation:
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Head of Animation
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Supervising Animator
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Supervising Animator
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Effects Supervisor
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
Titles:
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Opening and Main on End Titles Designed by
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End Titles
Film processing:
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Digital Intermediate Colourist
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Prints by
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Digital Intermediate by
Music:
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Music
Sound:
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Sound Supervision & Design
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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