#DUAL FAMILY SECRETS MOVIE#

The team hired Charise Castro Smith, who is Cuban-American, to work with them on the script and serve as co-director. After that experience, they operated from a position in which authenticity would be key. Once they arrived at the idea of setting the film in Colombia, a place renowned as the crossroads for the diversity of Latin culture, the trio, along with MirandaвЂ™s father, Luis, traveled to Colombia to soak in the sense of place. What followed was a five-year collaboration rooted in family exploration, cultural community-building, and copious research. The multi-hyphenate creator had come to him and Howard with the lofty, yet vague desire to do a Latin American musical for Disney. Both lifelong musicians, they next wanted to apply those same principles to the tradition of animated musicals.Д«ush had previously worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Moana.

#DUAL FAMILY SECRETS MOVIE#

Their goal was to evolve and add depth of character to the idea of what a вЂњtalking animalвЂќ movie could be. And at the same time, when asked those questions, you have to be vulnerable enough to be able to answer them.вЂќД«ush and co-director Byron Howard had previously worked together on Zootopia, the Oscar-winning animated feature from 2016 about an underestimated rookie bunny police officer who works to uncover, against odds and expectations, a massive conspiracy. вЂњWhat our film is trying to say is that youвЂ™re only getting this sliver of understanding of the people closest to you,вЂќ writer and director Jared Bush tells The Daily Beast. How does a person in such a circumstance and in such a family find a purpose, discover her worth, and learn to thrive? Amid a constellation of extraordinary relatives, she is not special. She is the only member of the Madrigal family without a gift.

That thereвЂ™s such striking beauty, joy, and, yes, magic all around her makes MirabelвЂ™s reality all the more crushing. ItвЂ™s vibrancy at its most vivacious-a kaleidoscope of color, music, and Г©lan all rooted in the diverse tenets of Colombian culture, where nothing is a monolith and a plethora of experiences beg for representation. Animals and humans commune thanks to Antonio, and the house, as much a character and member of the family as any Madrigal, is in constant movement, transforming itself in conversation with the emotional needs of family. Rain and sunshine come and go according to mood. Luisa can move mountains, literally, to help out the townspeople. As shown in that teaser footage, flowers bloom on the whim of a sister, Isabela (Diane), whose gift is to make the world prettier.

The Madrigal house and the hamlet in its orbit is an enthralling fantasia. The footage unveiled in Savannah included the stunning sequence in which young cousin Antonio (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) receives his: the ability to talk with animals.

When a new child in the family comes of age, they are guided by Abuela Alma (MarГa Cecilia Botero) to the door that will bestow on them their unique gift.

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