A pesar de la desconcertante prohibición de la generación de música de su familia, Miguel sueña con convertirse en un músico consumado como su ídolo, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desesperado por demostrar su talento, Miguel se encuentra en la deslumbrante y colorida Tierra de los Muertos siguiendo una misteriosa cadena de eventos. En el camino, se encuentra con el encantador y tramposo Héctor. Juntos, realizan un viaje extraordinario para descubrir la historia real detrás de la familia de Miguel.
La película cuenta el viaje de Manolo, un joven torero que se debate entre cumplir con las expectativas de su familia o seguir su corazón y dedicarse a su verdadera pasión: la música. Antes de escoger el camino que seguirá, emprende una aventura recorriendo tres mundos fantásticos, donde tendrá que superar sus peores miedos. Producida por Guillermo del Toro.
En un pequeño pueblo donde los espíritus regresan una vez al año durante el Día de Muertos, vive Salma, una joven de 16 años, quien es la única en el pueblo que no puede traer a nadie pues no conoce el paradero ni identidad de sus padres. Desde pequeña lo ha investigado sin éxito, hasta que un día Salma y sus amigos, Jorge y Pedro, descubren una pista que los lleva por un camino lleno de aventuras, fantasmas, calaveras y un hombre misterioso hasta el inframundo.
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
When Cole returns to Yang's haunted temple to seek revenge on a former Airjitzu Master, he accidentally uses a powerful Dark Magic blade that unleashes the spectral forms of Ninjago's greatest villains and traps himself in the temple. The Ninja must return the ghosts to the Departed Realm before it's too late.
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
A Mexican farmhand migrates to America to better support his family, but his dream crashes to the ground when his wife and daughter can't meet him across the border.
t's the Mexican Day of the Dead, and little Chiqui misses his mama terribly! Two years ago, she left home in the middle of the night to journey to The Beyond, a phantasmagoric land of the dead, which hosts an annual talent show to crown the Greatest Singer Beyond the Beyond - and Chiqui's mama, Julieta, is a luchadora with a dream, to become the most renowned singer ever! Determined to dance with his mama during her performance, young Chiqui sets out with his Papa Diego, the hulking luchador, to find The Beyond himself, and help put his familia back together!
Monarch butterflies have brought hope to the darkest times of people's lives. In Mexico, when they arrive for Day of the Dead, they are thought to be souls of the departed. Coincidence?
Dia de los Muertos is a film that captures the beauty, mystery and sacredness of the ancient Meso-American holiday that honors and remembers those who have died. Combining stop-motion animation and sets with computer generated characters, backgrounds and effects creates a richly layered world that blurs the boundaries separating the living from the dead. Dynamic camera angles and lively music enhance the subtle, stylized performances of the living characters and the frenzied action of the spirits.
As she prepares for Dia de los Muertos, a young woman finds herself at odds with grief and tradition.
A portrayal of the Mexican Day of the Dead consisting of still shots and narration. Deals with the special objects and events surrounding the annual Mexican celebration of “All Souls Day”. It is not only a rich flood of folk art, but a view of the way that the Mexicans have come to terms with death. Searched out with the help of Alexander Girard and a moving guitar score by Laurindo Almeida.
The Day of the Dead is one of the most deeply rooted and celebrated traditions in our country and when this festivity takes place in a magical town, the event becomes something memorable. The Day of the Dead tradition in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca begins on October 27 with the arrival of the chá to xo´o´ and the celebration lasts six days. Hand in hand with its inhabitants, we will take a tour to witness all the colors, smells, flavors, sounds, textures, and visions that surround this ancestral festival and that of the Mazatecs.
Y todo sucedió en día de muertos es una película mexicana producida el año de 2015 dirigida por Aurora Martínez y protagonizada por Dayana Velver, Jonathan Angel, Mauricio Núñez Nava, Estela Cano