Coco Miguel In The Attic

Miguel uses a beat up tv and vcr to watch old movies starring ernesto himself.

Coco miguel in the attic.

Miguel creates his own ofrenda in a hidden attic corner. Her daughter miguel s grandmother. The truck aptly makes an appearance in pixar s new movie coco when it speeds by the screen as miguel looks out a window. His abuelita tries to get him excited about making shoes but he wants to play music which is forbidden.

2005 is the son of enrique and luisa rivera the older brother of socorro rivera great grandson of coco rivera great great grandson of imelda and héctor rivera and the protagonist of coco. In fact miguel has watched the videos so much he taught himself to play the guitar. Tagalong dante crawls into the attic and together they watch an old tv vcr tape a montage of de la cruz greatest moments. Born into a music hating family miguel inherited his great great grandparents love of music and rather despised becoming a shoe maker.

Dedicated to ernesto de la cruz the ofrenda includes candles and marigolds as well as pictures of the performer. But don t be fooled the scene features a small but telling change. 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. Earnest sweet miguel teaches himself to play the guitar in the attic watching and re watching tapes of the bygone star.

Hiding in the attic and playing on his guitar gives meaning to his life. At the beginning of the movie miguel feels like he doesn t belong in his family. And it s nearly impossible to observe even when you re looking at a still image.