Coco Miguel In The Attic

Hiding in the attic of the family workshop miguel tunes up his de la cruz lookalike makeshift guitar skull head and all and lights candles at the altar he s built to his hero.

Coco miguel in the attic.

Coco is the story of miguel anthony gonzalez a sweet kid who loves music despite the fact that his abuelita renée victor has strictly forbidden it thanks to a long ago drama involving. We meet coco as an old woman. Tagalong dante crawls into the attic and together they watch an old tv vcr tape a montage of de la cruz greatest moments. The truck aptly makes an appearance in pixar s new movie coco when it speeds by the screen as miguel looks out a window.

So miguel sneaks to the attic where he secretly plays along to the records and corny old musical films of ernesto de la cruz benjamin bratt a mariachi superstar who died tragically in the. Her daughter miguel s grandmother. Miguel uses a beat up tv and vcr to watch old movies starring ernesto himself. Earnest sweet miguel teaches himself to play the guitar in the attic watching and re watching tapes of the bygone star.

And it s nearly impossible to observe even when you re looking at a still image. Miguel creates his own ofrenda in a hidden attic corner. His abuelita tries to get him excited about making shoes but he wants to play music which is forbidden. In fact miguel has watched the videos so much he taught himself to play the guitar.

Hiding in the attic and playing on his guitar gives meaning to his life. Dedicated to ernesto de la cruz the ofrenda includes candles and marigolds as well as pictures of the performer. At the beginning of the movie miguel feels like he doesn t belong in his family.