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Coco

Yeah.We needed to hide the identity of this guy who left the family, and this became a...

Coco • 2017
MOLINA:Yeah.We needed to hide the identity of this guy who left the family, and this became a really good way to give it that feeling of a kidwho heard the story, but never actually knewwho this person was

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But he also had a dream To play for the world
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And one day
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he left with his guitar and never returned
Available in 9 languages
Duration
12 seconds
Views
3,003
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:29
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.
So that became really helpful for hiding different secrets that get revealed over the course of the film. - Coco 00:08
So that became really helpful for hiding different secrets...
ANDERSON: These gorgeous paper banners are called "papel picado," which I believe literally means "paper with holes cut in it." You see them everywhere down in Mexico. - Coco 00:11
ANDERSON: These gorgeous paper banners are called...
And the mama... - Coco 00:16
And the mama...
And the mama... - Coco 00:23
And the mama...
She rolled up her sleeves and she learned to make shoes. - Coco 00:06
She rolled up her sleeves and she learned to make shoes.
So, when we then realized that we needed to open the film differently, we resurrected the idea and brought it to its fruition. - Coco 00:09
So, when we then realized that we needed to open the film...
They just kind of splintered off and did that project, kind of separately from the animation on the rest of the film. - Coco 00:08
They just kind of splintered off and did that project, kind...
MOLINA: Here, we see the ofrenda with that guy's face ripped out, which, again, is an important story point. - Coco 00:07
MOLINA: Here, we see the ofrenda with that guy's face...
This really is an amalgamation of all the different beautiful ofrendas that we saw during our travels. - Coco 00:07
This really is an amalgamation of all the different...
ANDERSON: I love that first scene of Miguel with Mamá Coco, when he's so sweet to her, and he gives her the little orange slice. - Coco 00:10
ANDERSON: I love that first scene of Miguel with Mamá Coco,...
It tells you so much about their relationship and his kindness, and it's a great way to physically meet our character. - Coco 00:08
It tells you so much about their relationship and his...
I have a dimple on this side but not on this side - Coco 00:07
I have a dimple on this side but not on this side
I have a dimple on this side but not on this sideDimple no dimple Dimple no dimpleMiguel eat your foodMy abuelita she's Mama Coco's daughterOh you're a twig mijo Have some moreNo graciasI asked if you would like more tamalesSiThat's what I thought you - Coco 00:22
I have a dimple on this side but not on this sideDimple no...
UNKRICH: Abuelita was kind of a tricky character for us to figure out just how to play her because we wanted her to be kind of an antagonistic force to Miguel, you know, play her as the stern grandmother, but we also wanted her to be really loving. - Coco 00:13
UNKRICH: Abuelita was kind of a tricky character for us to...
Sometimes, in some versions, she would be too loving, and there was no conflict, and in other versions, she was so harsh that people wondered, like, why would Miguel ever want to live in this family? - Coco 00:10
Sometimes, in some versions, she would be too loving, and...
MOLINA: We settled that whenever she's angry, it's more that she's concerned for her grandson's soul, not so much that she's angry at him personally. - Coco 00:09
MOLINA: We settled that whenever she's angry, it's...
No music - Coco 00:03
No music
UNKRICH: And we tried to play the humor of her turning on a dime from being really, really angry to being really, really loving. - Coco 00:08
UNKRICH: And we tried to play the humor of her turning on a...
MOLINA: We always knew that music would be a huge part of the storytelling, and a lot of this we recorded in Mexico. - Coco 00:08
MOLINA: We always knew that music would be a huge part of...
Some traditional songs, some of Michael Giacchino's cues, to try to build this kind of mosaic of different sounds you might hear in a town as musical as Miguel's. - Coco 00:12
Some traditional songs, some of Michael Giacchino's...