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Coco

I love the whole lookof this backstage area here

Coco • 2017
UNKRICH:I love the whole lookof this backstage area here

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You said love of your life I don't know what I said
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That's what I heard
Available in 9 languages
Duration
5 seconds
Views
1,847
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:41
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.
We looked at the Michael Keaton film Birdman, 'cause there was lots of great backstage stuff going on in that film, and that ended up being an inspiration for a lot of the look of this area below the stage. - Coco 00:12
We looked at the Michael Keaton film Birdman, 'cause...
We started working with him when he was about 12 or 13, and he's now 17, and his voice has totally changed. - Coco 00:07
We started working with him when he was about 12 or 13, and...
ANDERSON: Yeah, he drove himself to that session. - Coco 00:05
ANDERSON: Yeah, he drove himself to that session.
Hurry! Come on! Ladies and gentlemen... the one... the only... Ernesto de la Cruz! - Coco 00:14
Hurry! Come on! Ladies and gentlemen... the one... the...
UNKRICH: So, we loved the idea of Mamá Imelda being shoved out on stage unwittingly and ending up singing. - Coco 00:09
UNKRICH: So, we loved the idea of Mamá Imelda being shoved...
And I can't remember when we decided to have her sing La Llorona. MOLINA: I think Camilo had put together a kind of remix of a classic version of La Llorona. UNKRICH: Oh, that's right. - Coco 00:12
And I can't remember when we decided to have her sing...
MOLINA: And I heard that, and I was like, "Oh, this would be so cool to see as a scene in the film." And what I love about this scene, is the problem in Miguel's life is that his family is stuck one way, and he's stuck the other. - Coco 00:14
MOLINA: And I heard that, and I was like, "Oh, this...
Sing! Sing! - Coco 00:05
Sing! Sing!
And his family comes to remember what music can bring to them, and what it does for Imelda in particular. - Coco 00:10
And his family comes to remember what music can bring to...
And I love that Héctor takes a step forward, Imelda takes a step forward, and that's how characters come together. - Coco 00:08
And I love that Héctor takes a step forward, Imelda takes a...
♪ Ay, de mi Llorona ♪ Llorona de azul celeste ♪ Ay, de mi Llorona ♪ Llorona de azul celeste ♪ Y aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona ♪ No dejare de quererte ♪ No dejare de quererte - Coco 00:40
♪ Ay, de mi Llorona ♪ Llorona de azul celeste ♪ Ay, de mi...
UNKRICH: Yeah, and it's all cemented in that moment of music when Héctor is playing for her, accompanying her when she's singing La Llorona, that we feel the final melting of remembering why she loved him in the first place. - Coco 00:13
UNKRICH: Yeah, and it's all cemented in that moment of...
MOLINA: And really in the storytelling, you don't know it, but that's how you meet them in the story that Miguel tells in the papel picado. - Coco 00:07
MOLINA: And really in the storytelling, you don't know...
And when that moment happens, that's when we felt like, "Yeah, that's where the reuniting comes from." That's where the reconciliation happens. - Coco 00:09
And when that moment happens, that's when we felt like,...
UNKRICH: We always had the movie end at a big Sunrise Spectacular show. - Coco 00:07
UNKRICH: We always had the movie end at a big Sunrise...
♪ Me subi al pino mas alto, Llorona ♪ A ver si te divisaba ♪ Como el pino era tierno, Llorona ♪ Al verme llorar, lloraba ♪ Ay de mi Llorona, Llorona Llorona de azul celeste ♪ Ay de mi Llorona, Llorona Llorona de azul - Coco 00:57
♪ Me subi al pino mas alto, Llorona ♪ A ver si te divisaba ♪...
Originally, Miguel took the guitar, de la Cruz's guitar into the Land of the Dead, and he needed that guitar to get back out. - Coco 00:08
Originally, Miguel took the guitar, de la Cruz's guitar...
And we actually had a big climax here at the show where de la Cruz actually took the guitar and completely smashed it and ruined any chance for Miguel to get back home. - Coco 00:11
And we actually had a big climax here at the show where de...
And at that point, we had the family all, not only having aprons on, but they had tools, like shoe-making tools with them. - Coco 00:09
And at that point, we had the family all, not only having...
And the family ended up coming together and rebuilding the guitar using their shoe-making tools and using shoelaces as guitar strings. - Coco 00:10
And the family ended up coming together and rebuilding the...