13. The movie is set in contemporary Mexico and the filmmakers have a timeline that shows which year each one of Miguel's family members had lived in. Despite all this, you don't see any cellphones or modern technology because they wanted the movie to look timeless.
As the film takes place in present day, Coco was 99 years old at the time of Coco. This is confirmed by Lee Unkrich, who revealed Coco passed away at 100 years of age.
Mama Coco was born in 1918 like what the movie said and she is 99 going on 100 in the movie. When you add that up the movie takes place in 2017–2018 literally around the year the movie came out.
The film gives a very true and strong look at some elements of the Mexican culture and it is clear that lot of research and love was involved in making the movie a reality.
Santa Cecilia is the main setting in the 2017 Disney/Pixar animated feature film Coco. It is a small and lively Mexican town that cherishes music, and is located parallel to the fabled Land of the Dead.
“Coco” incorporates themes from the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead3 . This holiday is a time for families to honour and remember their deceased loved ones, which is a central theme in the film .
“Both U.S. Latinos and those back in our home countries, were incredibly moved by the relationship between Miguel and his great-grandmother Coco,” said Aguilar. “I don't know a single Mexican who did not cry profusely during the final sequence when Miguel sings 'Remember Me' for her.”
There are themes and ideas in Coco that would usually be banned in China and removed from the film by Chinese censors prior to its release. However, members of the Chinese censor board were so moved by the film that they allowed it to be released in China without making cuts.
Coco is a good representation of a Mexican subculture, one you can find at small southern towns such as ones from Michoacan. There are different ways to celebrate Día de Muertos, and the one represented in Coco is just one of the more colorful and beautiful ones. But not every town or city celebrates like that.
Héctor Rivera (November 30, 1900—December 1921, aged 21) was the husband of Imelda, the father of Coco Rivera, Miguel's long-lost great-great-grandfather and the deuteragonist of Coco.
As a result, given that the enchanted candle has been tended for 50 years, the current events from the film would have taken place anywhere between 1949 and 1952.
The title refers to Miguel's great-grandmother Mamá Coco, whose father is key to the anti-music mystery. This tale unfolds in an unspecified Mexican town on the eve of El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) as the entire community is preparing to honor their departed loved ones.
Lee Unkrich, the film's director, said that Mama Coco was not based on any real person they met while traveling, Entertainment Tonight reported. The character in the movie was voiced by Ana Ofelia Murguía.
The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who dreams of becoming a musician like his great-great-grandfather Ernesto de la Cruz, a popular singer-songwriter who died when he was crushed by a bell in a live concert. Because De la Cruz abandoned his family for fame, music has been banned in Miguel's household.
For generations, the Riveras have banned music because they believe they've been cursed by it; as their family history goes, Miguel's great-great-grandfather abandoned his wife decades earlier to follow his own dreams of performing, leaving Imelda (Miguel's great-great-grandmother) to take control as the matriarch of ...
They explained that "Coco" was removed based on a guideline involving child safety because it was considered to be "content that targets young minors and families but contains sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences," according to a tweet from the YouTube team.
Coco does not pass for gender representation, but it is very respectful of women, and passes for POC rep, as every character is Mexican. The main character is young boy Miguel, and the story involves his relationship with his family. There are many supporting women characters.
Coco does something else entirely, a movie set in rural Mexico, rooted in popular Mexican culture in which not one single mention of crime or migration (other than the journey to the afterlife). Cocos authenticity is immediately recognized by the way the characters speak.
The chancla represents an almost mythical power of Latin moms to control their children by throwing a flip flop at their heads. If we step back from the comedic overtone of the video, it clearly symbolizes the corporal punishment of Latin children.
Packed with heartwarming moments and vibrant animation, this sequel promises to capture the same magical spirit that made the first COCO film a beloved classic. Coming to theaters in October 2024.
The Land of the Dead is a realm in the 2017 Disney/Pixar animated feature film Coco, and also the main setting in the movie. It is an afterlife location, an underworld known in Mexican folklore as the final destination for spirits of the deceased.
