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MOLINA: We always imagined that Dante didn't know what his purpose was
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Coco

We always imaginedthat Dante didn't know what his purpose was

Coco • 2017
MOLINA:We always imaginedthat Dante didn't know what his purpose was

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Dante
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It's Dante
Available in 9 languages
Duration
7 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:52
Uploaded
Jan 17, 2026
Genres
animation, adventure, comedy
Production
Pixar,Walt Disney Pictures

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Movie Summary

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.
And whenever Miguel was not with his family, whenever he was going off on his own, it was Dante's instinctual imperative to reconnect them. - Coco 00:11
And whenever Miguel was not with his family, whenever he was...
- Imelda! - Coco 00:08
- Imelda!
Whenever Miguel is with Héctor, Dante is just carefree and happy. - Coco 00:05
Whenever Miguel is with Héctor, Dante is just carefree and...
But when you watch it the second time, when you know what's really going on, it's fun to see. - Coco 00:06
But when you watch it the second time, when you know...
MOLINA: Really, if it weren't for Dante, Miguel wouldn't have showed up in the room where Héctor is getting interrogated. - Coco 00:06
MOLINA: Really, if it weren't for Dante, Miguel...
Dante! You knew he was my Papa Hector the whole time! You are a real spirit guide. Who's the - Coco 00:10
Dante! You knew he was my Papa Hector the whole time! You...
I I can't forgive you - Coco 00:09
I I can't forgive you
'Cause he really was guiding him there all along, and Miguel is having that revelation. - Coco 00:06
'Cause he really was guiding him there all along, and...
And it's at that moment of Miguel understanding that we allowed to then trigger Dante's transformation into an alebrije. - Coco 00:09
And it's at that moment of Miguel understanding that we...
And he has wings. - Coco 00:06
And he has wings.
MOLINA: John Lasseter was one who really pushed us to give Dante this patchwork quality, this goofy but extremely beautiful design work in his alebrije state. - Coco 00:13
MOLINA: John Lasseter was one who really pushed us to give...
This next scene, which we called "Reconciliation," which was about mending the fence between Héctor and Mamá Imelda, it always just took place in a plaza. - Coco 00:11
This next scene, which we called "Reconciliation,"...
There they are! - Coco 00:13
There they are!
And then Sharon Calahan, who was a lighting consultant on the film, had this idea to set it on a rooftop near the Marigold Grand Central Station, so we could have this giant illuminated window in the background. - Coco 00:14
And then Sharon Calahan, who was a lighting consultant on...
And it just made it that much more special and beautiful. - Coco 00:05
And it just made it that much more special and beautiful.
The original version of the scene, we actually had a full reconciliation, they... - Coco 00:06
The original version of the scene, we actually had a full...
MOLINA: Yeah, she... - Coco 00:08
MOLINA: Yeah, she...
And you How many times must I turn you awayImeldaI want nothing to do with you Not in life not in deathI spent decades protecting my family from your mistakesHe spends five minutes with youand I have to fish him out of a sinkholeI wasn't in there because - Coco 02:07
And you How many times must I turn you awayImeldaI want...
We watched it and people got it, but it was so early in the movie for everything to come together, that it felt like too much was resolved. - Coco 00:09
We watched it and people got it, but it was so early in the...
Don't I know you - Coco 00:12
Don't I know you