Pedro Ovalles. 2017-0485.

Summary about the movie "Coco"

The movie it’s about a Mexican family and a boy named Miguel, who wants to be a famous
singer like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. For his family, music has been banned since his
great-great-grandfather left his great-great-grandmother and his daughter Coco, to
achieve fame as a musician. As is the tradition on the day of the dead, Miguel's family
prepares the festive altar, the decoration, the photos of the ancestors and their presence
in the future. Dante, the dog that accompanies Miguel, the tomb of the altar, the portrait
in which it deals with the great-great-grandmother, Mama Coco and her great-great-great
musician, whose face has been torn off. When taking the portrait, Miguel notices that his
great-great-grandfather wore the same guitar as Ernesto de la Cruz, so he concludes that
he is the great-great-grandfather of the singer.
Miguel, passionate about becoming a famous singer, decided to participate in a singing
contest on the Day of the Dead. But his grandmother destroys his guitar. Then, Miguel
angry flees and steals the guitar from the mausoleum of Ernesto de la Cruz to act in the
contest. However, to touch its strings, a mysterious spell, the transfer to the world of the
dead with Dante, his dog friend. Miguel must get the blessing of one of his ancestors to
not die at dawn.
He meets Hector, a deceased who has never been honored at the altar of offerings, which
exposes him to death in the world of the dead, to disappear forever. Then, Hector
proposed to Miguel to give his great-great-grandfather in exchange for putting his picture
on the altar when he returns to the world of the living. But he discovers that Miguel has
more relatives and he takes him for a liar.Miguel, on his own, finds the singer. He is about
to bless him but Hector appears begging Miguel to keep his promise.
Ernesto de la Cruz recognizes Héctor, the true composer of all his songs. A discussion
between them shows that Ernesto de la Cruz had murdered Hector for the purpose of
stealing his songs, after Hector resigned to return with his family. Concerned about his
reputation, Ernesto de la Cruz steals Hector's photo and tries to eliminate them by
throwing them into an underground lake from which they cannot leave. Down there,
Héctor tells him about his daughter, Coco, to whom he composed the theme
"Recuérdame". Thus, Miguel understands that his real great-great-grandfather is Hector.
In addition, they manage to get out of the hole with the help of Dante, Imelda and the
alebrije.
They cannot recover the photo but they manage to unmask Ernesto de la Cruz in public.
Imelda finally gives the blessing to Miguel. However, there is the problem that Hector
begins to disappear because Mama Coco is already losing his memory. Miguel, when he
returns to the world of the living, sings "Recu érdame" to Coco to help him recover his
memory. Mama Coco confesses that she kept the letters and lyrics of her father's songs, as
well as the piece of the family photo that was missing. In that way, Hector would be at the
altar of the family and would become an idol throughout the city. Finally, Miguel could be
the musician who dreamed.