_________________________________
(BELL TOLLING)
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MIGUEL: Sometimes, I think I'm cursed.
(BELL TOLLING)
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Sometimes, I think I'm cursed.
_________________________________
Because of something that happened
before I was even born.
_________________________________
See, a long time ago,
there was this family.
_________________________________
The papá, he was a musician.
_________________________________
He and his family would sing and dance
and count their blessings.
_________________________________
But he also had a dream.
To play for the world.
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
And one day,
_________________________________
he left with his guitar
and never returned.
_________________________________
(RAIN PATTERING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
_________________________________
And the mamá...
And the mamá...
_________________________________
She didn't have time to cry
over that walk-away musician.
_________________________________
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
After banishing all music from her life
she found a way...
_________________________________
_________________________________
to provide for her daughter.
_________________________________
She rolled up her sleeves
and she learned to make shoes.
_________________________________
(HAMMERING)
(HAMMERING)
_________________________________
She could have made candy,
She could have made candy,
_________________________________
or fireworks, or sparkly underwear...
_________________________________
for wrestlers, but no, she chose shoes.
_________________________________
for wrestlers, but no, she chose shoes.
_________________________________
Then she taught her daughter
to make shoes.
to make shoes.
_________________________________
And later, she taught her son-in-law.
_________________________________
Then her grandkids got roped in.
_________________________________
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
_________________________________
As her family grew, so did the business.
As her family grew, so did the business.
_________________________________
Music had torn her family apart.
_________________________________
But shoes held them all together.
_________________________________
You see, that woman was
_________________________________
my great-great-grandmother,
Mamá Imelda.
_________________________________
She died way before I was born.
_________________________________
But my family still tells her story
every year on Día de los Muertos...
_________________________________
the Day of the Dead.
_________________________________
And her little girl,
_________________________________
the Day of the Dead.
_________________________________
And her little girl,
_________________________________
she's my great-grandmother,
Mamá Coco.
_________________________________
Hola, Mamá Coco.
_________________________________
How are you, Julio?
_________________________________
Actually, my name is Miguel.
_________________________________
Mamá Coco has trouble
remembering things.
_________________________________
But it's good to talk to her anyway.
_________________________________
So, I tell her pretty much everything.
_________________________________
I used to run like this.
I used to run like this.
_________________________________
But now I run like this
which is way faster.
_________________________________
And the winner is Luchadora Coco!
_________________________________
_________________________________
I have a dimple on this side,
but not on this side.
_________________________________
Dimple, no dimple.
Dimple, no dimple.
_________________________________
Miguel, eat your food.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: My abuelita,
MIGUEL: My abuelita,
she's Mamá Coco's daughter.
_________________________________
Oh, you're a twig, mijo.
Have some more.
_________________________________
No, gracias.
_________________________________
I asked if you would like more tamales!
_________________________________
Si?
_________________________________
That's what I thought you said!
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Abuelita runs our house
MIGUEL: Abuelita runs our house
_________________________________
just like Mamá Imelda did.
_________________________________
(BLOWING RHYTHMICALLY)
(BLOWING RHYTHMICALLY)
_________________________________
-No music!
-(GASPS)
-No music!
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
_________________________________
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
_________________________________
No music!
_________________________________
♪ Y aunque la vida ♪
_________________________________
-No music!
-(MEN SCREAMING)
-(MEN SCREAMING)
_________________________________
MIGUEL: I think we're
MIGUEL: I think we're
the only family in México
_________________________________
who hates music.
_________________________________
And my family's fine with that. But me...
_________________________________
-Be back by lunch, mijo.
-Love you, Mamá.
_________________________________
I am not like the rest of my family!
_________________________________
-Hola, Miguel.
-Hola!
_________________________________
(PLAYING MARIACHI MUSIC)
_________________________________
(PLAYING MARIACHI MUSIC)
_________________________________
-Muchas gracias.
-De nada, Miguel.
_________________________________
-(BARKS)
-(BARKS)
-Hey! Dante!
_________________________________
Sit. Down. Roll over. Shake.
_________________________________
Fist bump!
_________________________________
Good boy, Dante!
_________________________________
I know I'm not supposed to love music.
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES) But it's not my fault.
_________________________________
It's his!
_________________________________
Ernesto de la Cruz.
_________________________________
The greatest musician of all time.
_________________________________
TOUR GUIDE: Right here
in this very plaza,
_________________________________
Ernesto de la Cruz took his first steps...
_________________________________
_________________________________
toward becoming the most beloved
singer in Mexican history.
singer in Mexican history.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: He started out a total nobody
MIGUEL: He started out a total nobody
from Santa Cecilia, like me.
_________________________________
But when he played music,
he made people fall in love with him.
_________________________________
-(HORSE NEIGHING)
-He starred in movies.
-He starred in movies.
_________________________________
He had the coolest guitar!
He could fly!
_________________________________
And he wrote the best songs.
_________________________________
But my all-time favorite, it's...
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Though I have to say goodbye
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Don't let it make you cry
_________________________________
♪ For even if I'm far away
_________________________________
♪ I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you
_________________________________
♪ Each night we are apart
Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Though I have to travel far
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Each time you hear a sad guitar
_________________________________
♪ Know that I'm with you
the only way that I can be
_________________________________
♪ Until you're in my arms again ♪
_________________________________
MIGUEL: He lived the kind of
_________________________________
♪ Don't let it make you cry
_________________________________
♪ For even if I'm far away
_________________________________
♪ I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you
_________________________________
♪ Each night we are apart
Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Though I have to travel far
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Each time you hear a sad guitar
_________________________________
♪ Know that I'm with you
the only way that I can be
_________________________________
♪ Until you're in my arms again ♪
_________________________________
MIGUEL: He lived the kind of
life you dream about.
_________________________________
Until 1942.
Until 1942.
_________________________________
(CLANGS)
(CLANGS)
_________________________________
When he was crushed by a giant bell.
When he was crushed by a giant bell.
_________________________________
I want to be just like him.
_________________________________
Sometimes, I look at de la Cruz
_________________________________
and I get this feeling.
like we're connected.
_________________________________
_________________________________
Like if he could play music,
maybe someday, I could too.
_________________________________
If it wasn't for my family.
_________________________________
-Ay-ay-ay, muchacho.
-Huh?
_________________________________
I asked for a shoe shine
not your life story.
_________________________________
-Oh, yeah. Sorry.
-(STRUMS GUITAR)
-(STRUMS GUITAR)
_________________________________
I just can't really talk about
any of this at home. So...
_________________________________
If I were you,
_________________________________
I'd march right up to my family and say...
_________________________________
"Hey, I'm a musician. Deal with it."
_________________________________
-I could never say that.
-You are a musician, no?
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) I don't know.
_________________________________
I mean, I only really play for myself.
_________________________________
Ah! Did de la Cruz become
the world's best musician
_________________________________
by hiding his skills?
_________________________________
No! He walked out onto that plaza
_________________________________
and he played out loud.
_________________________________
Mira, mira, they're setting up
for tonight!
for tonight!
_________________________________
The music competition
for Día de Muertos.
for Día de Muertos.
_________________________________
You want to be like your hero?
You should sign up!
_________________________________
Uh-uh. My family would freak!
_________________________________
Look, if you're too scared
then, well, have fun making shoes.
_________________________________
Come on,
what did de la Cruz always say?
what did de la Cruz always say?
_________________________________
Seize your moment?
_________________________________
Show me what you got, muchacho.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
(GASPS)
_________________________________
I'll be your first audience.
I'll be your first audience.
_________________________________
-ABUELITA ELENA: Miguel!
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
-Abuelita!
-What are you doing here?
_________________________________
(MIGUEL STAMMERING)
_________________________________
-You leave my grandson alone.
-(GROANS)
-(GROANS)
_________________________________
Doña, please!
_________________________________
I was just getting a shine. (GASPS)
_________________________________
I was just getting a shine. (GASPS)
_________________________________
I know your tricks, mariachi.
What did he say to you?
_________________________________
He was just showing me his guitar.
_________________________________
-(BOTH GASP)
-Shame on you.
-Shame on you.
_________________________________
My grandson is a sweet little
angelito querido cielito.
_________________________________
He wants no part
of your music, mariachi.
_________________________________
You keep away from him.
_________________________________
(YELPING)
_________________________________
_________________________________
Ay, pobrecito.
Oh, estás bien, mijo.
_________________________________
(MUFFLED GROANING)
_________________________________
You know better
than to be here in this place!
_________________________________
You know better
than to be here in this place!
_________________________________
You will come home. Now.
_________________________________
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
_________________________________
How many times have we told you?
_________________________________
How many times have we told you?
_________________________________
That plaza is crawling with mariachis.
_________________________________
-Yes, Tío Berto.
-(DANTE BARKING)
-(DANTE BARKING)
_________________________________
-No, no, no, no, no!
-Ah! Go away, you. Go!
_________________________________
-It's just Dante.
-(DANTE WHINES)
-(DANTE WHINES)
_________________________________
Never name a street dog.
_________________________________
They'll follow you forever.
Now, go get my shoe.
_________________________________
I found your son in Mariachi Plaza.
_________________________________
Ay, Miguel!
_________________________________
You know how Abuelita feels
about the plaza.
about the plaza.
_________________________________
-I was just shining shoes.
-A musician's shoes!
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
But the plaza's where
But the plaza's where
all the foot traffic is.
_________________________________
If Abuelita says no more plaza,
then no more plaza.
_________________________________
-But what about tonight?
-What's tonight?
_________________________________
Well, they're having this talent show.
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) And I thought I might...
_________________________________
_________________________________
-Sign up?
-Well, maybe?
_________________________________
(LAUGHS) You have to have talent
to be in a talent show.
_________________________________
What are you gonna do?
Shine shoes? (GROANS)
_________________________________
It's Día de los Muertos.
_________________________________
No one's going anywhere.
No one's going anywhere.
Tonight is about family.
_________________________________
-(SPITS)
-Ofrenda room. Vámonos.
-Ofrenda room. Vámonos.
_________________________________
-(KISSES)
-(MIGUEL SIGHS)
_________________________________
Don't give me that look.
-(MIGUEL SIGHS)
_________________________________
Don't give me that look.
_________________________________
Día de los Muertos
is the one night of the year
is the one night of the year
_________________________________
our ancestors can come visit us.
_________________________________
We've put their photos on the ofrenda
so their spirits can cross over.
_________________________________
That is very important.
_________________________________
If we don't put them up, they can't come.
_________________________________
We made all this food,
_________________________________
set out the things
they loved in life, mijo.
_________________________________
All this work
to bring the family together.
to bring the family together.
_________________________________
I don't want you sneaking off
to who knows where.
_________________________________
(GASPS) Where are you going?
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) I thought we were done.
_________________________________
_________________________________
Ay, Dios mio. Being part of
this family means
_________________________________
this family means
_________________________________
being here for this family.
_________________________________
I don't want to see you end up like–
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Like Mamá Coco's papá?
MIGUEL: Like Mamá Coco's papá?
_________________________________
Never mention that man!
He's better off forgotten.
_________________________________
-But you're the one who–
-(TUTTING)
_________________________________
-I was just–
-(SHUSHING)
_________________________________
-But– I–
-(SHUSHING)
_________________________________
Papá?
_________________________________
Papá is home?
_________________________________
Mamá, cálmese, cálmese.
_________________________________
Papá is coming home?
_________________________________
No, Mamá. It's okay. I'm here.
_________________________________
Who are you?
_________________________________
(SIGHS) Rest, Mamá.
_________________________________
I'm hard on you because I care, Miguel.
_________________________________
Miguel? Miguel?
_________________________________
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
_________________________________
What are we going to do with that boy?
_________________________________
(LAUGHS) You're right.
That's just what he needs.
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(BRICKS CLATTERING)
_________________________________
(CLATTERING IN DISTANCE)
_________________________________
(BRICKS CLATTERING)
_________________________________
(CLATTERING IN DISTANCE)
_________________________________
-(GASPS)
-(BARKS)
_________________________________
(SIGHS IN RELIEF) It's you. Get in here.
-(GASPS)
-(BARKS)
_________________________________
(SIGHS IN RELIEF) It's you. Get in here.
_________________________________
Come on, Dante. Hurry up!
_________________________________
You're gonna get me in trouble, boy.
_________________________________
Someone can hear me.
_________________________________
(SIGHS) I wish someone
wanted to hear me.
_________________________________
(TUNES STRINGS)
_________________________________
(TUNES STRINGS)
_________________________________
Other than you. Ew. Okay.
_________________________________
-(STRUMS)
-Perfecto!
-Perfecto!
_________________________________
I have to sing. I have to play!
_________________________________
The music, it's not just in me, it is me.
_________________________________
(STRUMMING GUITAR)
(STRUMMING GUITAR)
_________________________________
When life gets me down,
I play my guitar.
When life gets me down,
I play my guitar.
_________________________________
The rest of the world
may follow the rules,
_________________________________
but I must follow my heart.
may follow the rules,
_________________________________
but I must follow my heart.
_________________________________
Ugh!
_________________________________
You know that feeling
like there's a song in the air and...
_________________________________
It's playing just for you?
_________________________________
♪ A feeling so close...
_________________________________
♪ You could reach out and touch it
_________________________________
♪ I never knew
_________________________________
♪ I could want something
so much, but it's true
_________________________________
You must have faith, sister.
_________________________________
Oh, but, Padre, he will never listen.
_________________________________
He will listen. To music.
_________________________________
♪ Only a song, only a song has
the power to change a heart ♪
the power to change a heart ♪
_________________________________
Never underestimate
the power of music.
_________________________________
NUN: But my father,
he will never give his permission.
_________________________________
DE LA CRUZ: I am done
DE LA CRUZ: I am done
asking permission.
_________________________________
When you see your moment,
you mustn't let it pass you by.
_________________________________
You must seize it!
_________________________________
INTERVIEWER: Señor de la Cruz,
_________________________________
what did it take for you
to seize your moment?
_________________________________
I had to have faith in my dream.
_________________________________
No one was going to hand it to me.
_________________________________
It was up to me to reach for that dream.
_________________________________
Grab it tight and make it come true.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: ...and make it come true.
MIGUEL: ...and make it come true.
(STATIC)
_________________________________
No more hiding, Dante.
I got to seize my moment!
_________________________________
(BARKS)
_________________________________
(BARKS)
_________________________________
I'm gonna play in Mariachi Plaza
if it kills me.
_________________________________
-(BELL TOLLING)
-(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
_________________________________
-(BELL TOLLING)
-(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
_________________________________
Día de los Muertos has begun!
_________________________________
No, no. We have to make a clear path.
_________________________________
The petals guide our ancestors home.
_________________________________
We don't want their spirits to get lost.
_________________________________
We want them to come
and enjoy all the food
_________________________________
and drinks on the ofrenda.
_________________________________
We don't want their spirits to get lost.
_________________________________
We want them to come
and enjoy all the food
_________________________________
and drinks on the ofrenda.
_________________________________
-PAPÁ: Mamá!
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
Where should we put this table?
_________________________________
ABUELITA ELENA:
ABUELITA ELENA:
In the courtyard, mijos.
_________________________________
PAPÁ: You want it down by the kitchen?
PAPÁ: You want it down by the kitchen?
_________________________________
Sí. Next to the other one.
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
-Get under! Get under!
-Miguel?
_________________________________
Nothing! Mamá, Papá, I–
_________________________________
Miguel, your abuelita had
the most wonderful idea.
_________________________________
We've all decided
it's time you joined us in the workshop!
_________________________________
-What?
-No more shining shoes.
_________________________________
You'll be making them,
every day after school.
_________________________________
Oh! Our Migueli-ti-ti-ti-to
_________________________________
carrying on the family tradition.
_________________________________
And on Día de los Muertos!
_________________________________
Your ancestors would be so proud.
_________________________________
You'll craft huaraches
just like your Tía Victoria.
_________________________________
PAPÁ: And wingtips
PAPÁ: And wingtips
like your Papá Julio.
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) But what if
I'm no good at making shoes?
I'm no good at making shoes?
_________________________________
Ah, Miguel. You have your
family here to guide you.
family here to guide you.
_________________________________
You are a Rivera.
_________________________________
And a Rivera is...
_________________________________
A shoemaker. Through and through.
_________________________________
That's my boy! (LAUGHS) Berto!
_________________________________
_________________________________
Break out the good stuff!
I want to make a toast.
I want to make a toast.
_________________________________
-(KISSING)
-(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
-(SIGHS HEAVILY)
-(CLATTERS)
_________________________________
(DANTE WHINES)
-(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
-(SIGHS HEAVILY)
-(CLATTERS)
_________________________________
(DANTE WHINES)
_________________________________
Dante! No, Dante. Stop!
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
No, no, no, no, no! No.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
De la Cruz's guitar?
_________________________________
Papá? Papá?
_________________________________
Mamá Coco,
is your papá Ernesto de la Cruz?
_________________________________
Papá! Papá!
_________________________________
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
Papá! Papá! It's him!
_________________________________
I know who my
great-great-grandfather was.
_________________________________
Miguel, get down from there.
_________________________________
Mamá Coco's father
was Ernesto de la Cruz!
_________________________________
What are you talking about?
_________________________________
I'm gonna be a musician!
_________________________________
ABUELITA ELENA: What is all this?
ABUELITA ELENA: What is all this?
_________________________________
You keep secrets from your own family?
_________________________________
It's all that time he spends in the plaza.
_________________________________
Fills his head with crazy fantasies.
_________________________________
It's not a fantasy.
_________________________________
That man was Ernesto de la Cruz!
_________________________________
The greatest musician of all time!
The greatest musician of all time!
_________________________________
We've never known anything
about this man!
about this man!
_________________________________
But whoever he was,
he still abandoned his family.
_________________________________
This is no future for my son.
_________________________________
But, Papá, you said
my family would guide me.
_________________________________
Well, de la Cruz is my family.
_________________________________
I'm supposed to play music.
_________________________________
Never! That man's music was a curse.
_________________________________
I will not allow it.
_________________________________
-If you would just let–
-Miguel...
_________________________________
You will listen to your family.
_________________________________
No more music.
_________________________________
-Just listen to me play!
-End of argument.
_________________________________
(STRUMMING)
_________________________________
(STRUMMING)
_________________________________
You want to end up
like that man? Forgotten?
_________________________________
Left off your family's ofrenda?
_________________________________
I don't care if I'm on
some stupid ofrenda.
some stupid ofrenda.
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
-No!
-Mamá!
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
There. No guitar. No music.
_________________________________
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
_________________________________
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
_________________________________
Oh, come. You'll feel better
after you eat with your family.
after you eat with your family.
_________________________________
I don't want to be in this family!
_________________________________
Miguel! Miguel!
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(YIPPING)
_________________________________
(MAN SINGING IN SPANISH)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(YIPPING)
_________________________________
(MAN SINGING IN SPANISH)
_________________________________
I want to play in the plaza,
like de la Cruz.
_________________________________
Can I still sign up?
_________________________________
You got an instrument?
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) No.
But if I can borrow a guitar...
But if I can borrow a guitar...
_________________________________
Musicians got to bring
their own instruments.
_________________________________
-(CROWD CHEERING)
-You find a guitar, kid,
_________________________________
-You find a guitar, kid,
_________________________________
I'll put you on the list.
_________________________________
-Can I borrow your guitar?
-Sorry, muchaco.
_________________________________
-You guys have a spare guitar?
-No.
_________________________________
I need a guitar just for a little bit.
_________________________________
-Get out of here, kid.
-(SIGHS)
_________________________________
(FIREWORKS EXPLODING)
-(SIGHS)
_________________________________
(FIREWORKS EXPLODING)
_________________________________
Great-great-grandfather,
what am I supposed to do?
_________________________________
-(BARKS)
-No, no, no, no.
_________________________________
-No, no, no, no.
_________________________________
Dante, stop! Cállate! Shh!
_________________________________
(CONTINUES BARKING)
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(FIREWORKS CONTINUE
EXPLODING)
_________________________________
(CONTINUES BARKING)
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(FIREWORKS CONTINUE
EXPLODING)
_________________________________
I'm sorry.
_________________________________
(GLASS SHATTERS)
_________________________________
-(STONE SHIFTS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(GLASS SHATTERS)
_________________________________
-(STONE SHIFTS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
Señor de la Cruz, please don't be mad.
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) I'm Miguel.
_________________________________
Your great-great grandson.
I need to borrow this.
_________________________________
(SIGHS) Our family thinks
music is a curse.
_________________________________
None of them understand
None of them understand
but I know you would have.
_________________________________
You would have told me
to follow my heart.
_________________________________
To seize my moment!
_________________________________
So, if it's all right with you,
_________________________________
I'm gonna play in the plaza.
Just like you did!
_________________________________
(STRUMS GUITAR)
_________________________________
-MAN 1: The guitar! It's gone!
-(GASPING)
_________________________________
MAN 2: Somebody stole
de la Cruz's guitar!
_________________________________
WOMAN: The window's broken. Look!
_________________________________
-(PANTING)
-(KEYS JANGLING)
_________________________________
-(PANTING)
-(KEYS JANGLING)
_________________________________
All right, who's in there?
_________________________________
I'm sorry. It's not what it looks like.
_________________________________
De la Cruz is my–
_________________________________
-(GASPS)
-There's nobody here.
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
-MAMÁ: Miguel!
-Mamá!
_________________________________
Miguel, come home.
Where are you, Miguel?
Where are you, Miguel?
_________________________________
(YELPING)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(YELPING)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
Dios mio! Little boy. Are you okay?
_________________________________
Here. Let me help you.
_________________________________
Thanks. I–
_________________________________
(BOTH SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(RATTLING)
_________________________________
(RATTLING)
_________________________________
(YELPING)
_________________________________
_________________________________
-Do you mind? Whoa!
-(YELPS)
-(YELPS)
_________________________________
-(PANTING)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
-(PANTING)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(BOTH LAUGHING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(BOTH LAUGHING)
_________________________________
-Look how big she's getting.
-(CHUCKLES)
-(CHUCKLES)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
(GASPS) Dante!
_________________________________
-You can see me? Wait!
-(BARKING)
_________________________________
What's going on? Dante!
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNT)
_________________________________
-(BARKING)
_________________________________
What's going on? Dante!
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNT)
_________________________________
-Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
-Miguel?
_________________________________
-Miguel?
-Miguel?
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
You're here? Here, here.
And you can see us?
_________________________________
-Our Migueli-ti-ti-ti-to!
-(YELPING)
-(YELPING)
_________________________________
Remind me how I know you.
_________________________________
-We're your family, mijo.
-(GASPING)
-(GASPING)
_________________________________
-MIGUEL: Tía Rosita?
-Sí.
_________________________________
-MIGUEL: Papá Julio?
-Hola.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Tía Victoria?
MIGUEL: Tía Victoria?
_________________________________
He doesn't seem entirely dead.
_________________________________
-(GRUNTS)
-He's not quite alive, either.
-He's not quite alive, either.
_________________________________
We need Mamá Imelda.
She'll know how to fix this.
_________________________________
Oye! It's Mamá Imelda.
_________________________________
-She couldn't cross over!
-(ALL GASP)
-(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
-She's stuck!
-On the other side!
_________________________________
Tío Oscar? Tío Felipe?
_________________________________
-Oh. Hey, Miguel.
-(BOTH GASP)
-(BOTH GASP)
_________________________________
I have a feeling this has
something to do with you.
_________________________________
But if Mamá Imelda can't come to us...
_________________________________
Then we are going to her! Vámonos!
_________________________________
(DANTE BARKING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
Whoa.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
Whoa.
_________________________________
Come on, Miguel. It's okay.
_________________________________
(DANTE BARKS)
_________________________________
(DANTE CONTINUES BARKING)
_________________________________
(DANTE BARKS)
_________________________________
(DANTE CONTINUES BARKING)
_________________________________
Dante? Dante! Dante, wait up!
_________________________________
You got to stay with me, boy.
You don't know... where...
_________________________________
This isn't a dream, then.
You're all really out there.
_________________________________
-You thought we weren't?
-Well, I don't know.
_________________________________
I thought it might've been one of those
made up things that adults tell kids.
_________________________________
Like vitamins.
made up things that adults tell kids.
_________________________________
Like vitamins.
_________________________________
Miguel, vitamins are a real thing.
_________________________________
Well, now I'm thinking
maybe they could be.
_________________________________
-(GASPS)
-Mija, it's not nice to stare at–
_________________________________
Ay! Santa Maria!
_________________________________
(WHOOSHING)
_________________________________
(WHOOSHING)
_________________________________
Are those... Alebrijes! But those are–
_________________________________
OSCAR: Real alebrijes. Spirit creatures.
OSCAR: Real alebrijes. Spirit creatures.
_________________________________
They guide souls on their journey.
_________________________________
Watch your step.
They make caquitas everywhere.
_________________________________
ANNOUNCER: Welcome back
to the Land of the Dead.
_________________________________
Please have all offerings
ready for re-entry.
_________________________________
Welcome back.
Anything to declare?
_________________________________
Some churros. From my family.
_________________________________
ARRIVALS AGENT:
ARRIVALS AGENT:
How wonderful. Next.
_________________________________
ANNOUNCER: If you are
experiencing travel issues,
_________________________________
agents at the Department of Family...
_________________________________
Reunions are available to assist you.
_________________________________
DEPARTURES AGENT:
DEPARTURES AGENT:
Next family, please.
_________________________________
(DINGS)
_________________________________
(DINGS)
_________________________________
Oh! Your photos are
on your son's ofrenda.
_________________________________
Have a great visit.
_________________________________
BOTH: Gracias.
_________________________________
ANNOUNCER: And remember
to return before sunrise.
_________________________________
Enjoy your visit.
_________________________________
-Next.
-(DINGS)
-(DINGS)
_________________________________
Your photo's on your dentist's
ofrenda. Enjoy your visit.
ofrenda. Enjoy your visit.
_________________________________
-Gracias.
-Next?
-Next?
_________________________________
Yes! It is I. Frida Kahlo.
_________________________________
Shall we skip the scanner?
_________________________________
I'm on so many ofrendas
it'll just overwhelm your blinky thingy.
_________________________________
(BUZZING)
_________________________________
(BUZZING)
_________________________________
Well, shoot, looks like no one
put up your photo, Frida.
_________________________________
Okay, when I said I was Frida,
just now, that was a lie.
just now, that was a lie.
_________________________________
And I apologize for doing that.
_________________________________
No photo on an ofrenda,
no crossing the bridge.
_________________________________
I'm just gonna zip right over.
You won't even know I'm gone.
_________________________________
-Hey!
-(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(WOMAN YELPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
-(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(WOMAN YELPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
Almost...there. Just a little further.
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(SIGHS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(SIGHS)
_________________________________
Upsy daisy...
_________________________________
Fine. Okay. Fine, who cares?
_________________________________
Dumb flower bridge!
_________________________________
Aw. I don't know what I'd do
if no one put up my photo.
_________________________________
-ARRIVALS AGENT: Next?
-Oh! Come, mijo. It's our turn.
_________________________________
Welcome back, amigos.
Anything to declare?
_________________________________
As a matter of fact, yes.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
Hola.
_________________________________
MALE ANNOUNCER:
Paging Marta Gonzales-Ramos.
_________________________________
Please report to Level Seven.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Whoa!
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
MIGUEL: Whoa!
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
(SIGHS) I miss my nose.
_________________________________
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
_________________________________
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
_________________________________
Come on, help us out, amigo.
_________________________________
We got to get to
a dozen ofrendas tonight.
a dozen ofrendas tonight.
_________________________________
We are not visiting your ex-wife's family
for Día de Muertos!
_________________________________
I demand to speak
to the person in charge!
to the person in charge!
_________________________________
I'm sorry, señora,
it says here no one put up your photo.
it says here no one put up your photo.
_________________________________
My family always put my photo
on the ofrenda.
on the ofrenda.
_________________________________
That devil box tells you nothing but lies!
_________________________________
-Mamá Imelda? (GASPS)
-Oh, mi familia!
_________________________________
They wouldn't let me cross the bridge.
_________________________________
Tell this woman and her devil box
_________________________________
that my photo is in the ofrenda.
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) Well, we never
made it to the ofrenda.
_________________________________
-What?
-We ran into... (STAMMERS)
_________________________________
-(GASPS) Miguel?
-Mamá Imelda.
_________________________________
What is going on?
_________________________________
You the Rivera family?
_________________________________
(COMPUTER EXPLODES)
_________________________________
(COMPUTER EXPLODES)
_________________________________
Well, you're cursed.
_________________________________
-(ALL GASP)
-What?
-What?
_________________________________
Día de los Muertos is
the night to give to the dead.
_________________________________
You stole from the dead!
_________________________________
But I wasn't stealing the guitar.
_________________________________
Guitar?
_________________________________
It was my great-great-grandfather's.
_________________________________
He would have wanted me to have it.
_________________________________
Ah, ah, ah. We do not speak
of that musician.
_________________________________
He is dead to this family.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Uh, you're all dead.
MIGUEL: Uh, you're all dead.
_________________________________
(SNEEZES)
_________________________________
I am sorry. Whose alebrije is that?
_________________________________
That's just Dante.
_________________________________
He sure doesn't look like an alebrije.
_________________________________
He just looks like a plain old dog.
_________________________________
Or a sausage someone dropped
in a barbershop.
in a barbershop.
_________________________________
Whatever he is,
I am (SNEEZES) terribly allergic.
I am (SNEEZES) terribly allergic.
_________________________________
But Dante doesn't have any hair.
_________________________________
And I don't have a nose,
and yet, here we are.
_________________________________
(SNEEZES)
_________________________________
But none of this explains
why I couldn't cross over.
_________________________________
Oh! (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
You took my photo off the ofrenda?
_________________________________
-It was an accident.
-How do we send him back?
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Well,
since it's a family matter...
since it's a family matter...
_________________________________
the way to undo a family curse
_________________________________
-is to get your family's blessing.
_________________________________
-is to get your family's blessing.
-That's it?
_________________________________
Get your family's blessing
_________________________________
and everything should go
back to normal.
back to normal.
_________________________________
But you got to do it by sunrise.
_________________________________
(STAMMERS)
What happens at sunrise?
What happens at sunrise?
_________________________________
Híjole! Your hand!
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
Whoa, Miguel,
can't have you fainting on us.
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES) But not to worry.
Your family's here.
_________________________________
You can get your blessing right now.
_________________________________
Cempasúchil, cempasúchil.
Aha! Perdón, señora.
_________________________________
Oh. (GIGGLES)
_________________________________
Now, you look at the living
and say his name.
_________________________________
Miguel.
_________________________________
Nailed it. Now say,
"I give you my blessing."
_________________________________
I give you my blessing.
_________________________________
I give you my blessing to go home...
_________________________________
to put my photo back on the ofrenda,
_________________________________
and to never play music again.
_________________________________
What? She can't do that!
_________________________________
Well, technically, she can add
any condition she wants.
_________________________________
(SIGHS) Fine.
_________________________________
CLERK: Then you hand
CLERK: Then you hand
the petal to Miguel.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS IN RELIEF)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS IN RELIEF)
_________________________________
No skeletons!
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
Mariachi Plaza, here I come.
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
Two seconds and you already
break your promise.
_________________________________
Two seconds and you already
break your promise.
_________________________________
This isn't fair. It's my life.
You already had yours.
_________________________________
Papá Julio, I ask for your blessing.
_________________________________
-(WHIMPERS)
-Tía Rosita? Oscar?
-Tía Rosita? Oscar?
_________________________________
-(ALL WHIMPERING)
-Felipe? Tía Victoria?
-Felipe? Tía Victoria?
_________________________________
Don't make this hard, mijo.
You go home my way or no way.
_________________________________
You really hate music that much?
_________________________________
I will not let you go down
the same path he did.
_________________________________
The same path he did. He's family.
_________________________________
Listen to your Mamá Imelda.
_________________________________
She's just looking out for you.
_________________________________
Be reasonable.
_________________________________
Con permiso,
I need to visit the restroom.
_________________________________
Be right back.
_________________________________
Uh, should we tell him
there are no restrooms
_________________________________
_________________________________
in the Land of the Dead?
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
Vámonos.
_________________________________
PATROLWOMAN: We got a family
looking for a living boy.
_________________________________
If I want to be a musician,
I need a musician's blessing.
_________________________________
We got to find my great-great-grandpa.
_________________________________
-Hold it, muchaco.
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(SHOUTS)
_________________________________
(SHOUTS)
_________________________________
I found that living boy!
_________________________________
Oh, whoa, excuse me. Excuse me, folks.
_________________________________
Excuse me.
_________________________________
Oh.
Oh.
_________________________________
No, no. Dante!
_________________________________
Disturbing the peace. Fleeing an officer.
_________________________________
Falsifying a unibrow.
_________________________________
-That's illegal?
-Very illegal.
_________________________________
You need to clean up your act, amigo.
_________________________________
Amigo? Oh, that's so nice
to hear you say that
_________________________________
because I have just had a...
_________________________________
really hard Día de Muertos
_________________________________
because I have just had a...
_________________________________
really hard Día de Muertos
and I could really use
_________________________________
_________________________________
-an amigo right now.
-(SIGHS)
-(SIGHS)
_________________________________
And amigos, they help their amigos.
_________________________________
You get me across that bridge tonight,
and I'll make it worth your while.
_________________________________
Oh! You like de la Cruz?
He and I go way back.
_________________________________
I can get you front row seats
to his Sunrise Spectacular show.
_________________________________
I'll get you backstage.
You can meet him.
_________________________________
You just got to let me cross that bridge!
_________________________________
I should lock you up
for the rest of the holiday.
_________________________________
But my shift's almost up
and I want to visit my living family.
and I want to visit my living family.
_________________________________
So I'm letting you off with a warning.
_________________________________
Can I at least get my costume back?
_________________________________
Uh... No.
_________________________________
(GROANS) Some amigo.
_________________________________
Hey! Hey! You really know de la Cruz?
_________________________________
Who wants to– Ahh! Ay! You're alive!
_________________________________
Shh! Yeah, I'm alive.
_________________________________
And if I want to get back to
the Land of the Living...
_________________________________
I need de la Cruz's blessing.
_________________________________
That's weirdly specific.
_________________________________
He's my great-great-grandfather.
_________________________________
(STAMMERING) He's your Gr– What?
_________________________________
Ugh.
_________________________________
Wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait. (GASPS)
_________________________________
Wait. No, wait, wait, wait.
_________________________________
Wait! Yes! You're going back
_________________________________
Wait! Yes! You're going back
to the Land of the Living!
_________________________________
You know what?
Maybe this isn't such a good–
Maybe this isn't such a good–
_________________________________
No, no, niño! Niño, niño,
I can help you. You can help me.
_________________________________
I can help you. You can help me.
_________________________________
We can help each other.
_________________________________
But most importantly, you can help me.
_________________________________
-Miguel!
-I'm Héctor.
_________________________________
_________________________________
-That's nice.
-(YELPS)
-(YELPS)
_________________________________
Espérame, chamaco!
_________________________________
(ALL GRUNTING)
_________________________________
Ay, he is going to get himself killed!
_________________________________
Ay, he is going to get himself killed!
_________________________________
I need my spirit guide...
Pepita. (WHISTLES)
_________________________________
(SCREECHING)
_________________________________
(SCREECHING)
_________________________________
Who has that petal Miguel touched?
_________________________________
-(GROWLING)
-Here. Nice alebrije.
-Here. Nice alebrije.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
(SNARLING)
_________________________________
(CLATTERS)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
(SNARLING)
_________________________________
(CLATTERS)
_________________________________
Ay, ay, hold still. Look up.
A ver, a ver. Look up, up, up.
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
Aqui arriba, eso... Eh, la rayita.
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
Aqui arriba, eso... Eh, la rayita.
_________________________________
Okay. Hey! Ta-da!
_________________________________
Dead as a doorknob.
_________________________________
So listen, Miguel,
this place runs on memories.
_________________________________
When you're well remembered,
_________________________________
_________________________________
people put up your photo
and you get to...
_________________________________
cross the bridge and visit the living
on Día de Muertos. Unless you're me.
_________________________________
cross the bridge and visit the living
on Día de Muertos. Unless you're me.
_________________________________
You don't get to cross over?
_________________________________
No one's ever put up my picture.
_________________________________
But you can change that!
_________________________________
MIGUEL: This is you?
MIGUEL: This is you?
_________________________________
Eh, muy guapo, eh?
_________________________________
So, you get me
to my great-great-grandpa...
to my great-great-grandpa...
_________________________________
then I put up your photo
when I get home?
_________________________________
Such a smart boy! Yes!
Great idea, yes! One hiccup.
_________________________________
De la Cruz is a tough guy to get to
Great idea, yes! One hiccup.
_________________________________
De la Cruz is a tough guy to get to
_________________________________
and I need to cross that bridge soon.
_________________________________
Like, tonight.
_________________________________
Like, tonight.
_________________________________
So, you got any other
family here, you know?
_________________________________
Someone a bit more, eh, accessible?
_________________________________
Mmm... Nope.
_________________________________
Don't yank my chain, chamaco.
_________________________________
You gotta have some other family.
_________________________________
Only de la Cruz.
_________________________________
If you can't help me,
I'll find him myself.
_________________________________
(MIGUEL WHISTLES)
_________________________________
(MIGUEL WHISTLES)
_________________________________
Oh! Okay. Okay, kid. Fine! Fine!
_________________________________
I'll get you to your great-great-grandpa.
_________________________________
It's not gonna be easy, you know?
_________________________________
He's a busy man. What are you doing?
_________________________________
I'm walking like a skeleton. Blending in.
_________________________________
No. Skeletons don't walk like that.
_________________________________
-It's how you walk.
-No, I don't! Stop it!
_________________________________
Whoa! Ernesto de la Cruz's
Sunrise Spectacular?
_________________________________
-Qué padre!
-(SCOFFS)
_________________________________
_________________________________
Every year your great-great-grandpa
puts on that dumb show...
_________________________________
_________________________________
to mark the end of Día de Muertos.
_________________________________
-And you can get us in!
-Um...
-Um...
_________________________________
Hey, you said you had front row tickets!
_________________________________
That...was a lie. I apologize for that.
_________________________________
Cool off, chamaco.
Come on. I'll get you to him.
Come on. I'll get you to him.
_________________________________
How?
_________________________________
Because I happen to know
where he's rehearsing.
_________________________________
DE LA CRUZ: ♪ Remember me
DE LA CRUZ: ♪ Remember me
Don't let it make you cry ♪
_________________________________
(SCOFFS) You better have
my dress, Héctor.
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: Hola, Ceci.
HÉCTOR: Hola, Ceci.
_________________________________
(HÉCTOR YELPS)
_________________________________
♪ ♪
_________________________________
♪ ♪
_________________________________
-Hola.
-Ceci, I lost the dress.
_________________________________
Ya lo sabía!
_________________________________
I got to dress forty dancers by sunrise.
_________________________________
Thanks to you, I'm one Frida
short of an opening number!
_________________________________
short of an opening number!
_________________________________
Dante! We shouldn't be in here.
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
-(CHITTERING)
-(BARKING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
-(CHITTERING)
-(BARKING)
_________________________________
No, no, Dante! Ven acá!
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
(GRUNTS)
_________________________________
You! How did you get in here?
_________________________________
-I just followed my–
-Oh! The mighty Xolo dog!
_________________________________
Guider of wandering spirits.
_________________________________
And whose spirit
have you guided to me?
_________________________________
I don't think he's a spirit guide.
_________________________________
Ah, ah, ah.
_________________________________
The alebrijes of this world
can take many forms.
_________________________________
The alebrijes of this world
can take many forms.
_________________________________
They are as mysterious
as they are powerful.
_________________________________
(COUGHS)
_________________________________
(COUGHS)
_________________________________
Or maybe he's just a dog.
Come, I need your eyes.
_________________________________
Your are the audience. Darkness.
_________________________________
And from the darkness, a giant papaya.
_________________________________
Dancers emerge from the papaya,
_________________________________
and the dancers are all me.
_________________________________
And they go to drink
from the milk of their mother,
_________________________________
who is a cactus.
_________________________________
_________________________________
But who is also me.
_________________________________
And her milk is not milk but tears.
_________________________________
Is it too obvious?
_________________________________
I think it's just
the right amount of obvious?
the right amount of obvious?
_________________________________
It could use some music.
Oh, what if you did like...
_________________________________
-(SINGS TUNE)
-(SNAPS FINGERS)
_________________________________
(ALL PLAYING TUNE)
-(SNAPS FINGERS)
_________________________________
(ALL PLAYING TUNE)
_________________________________
Oh! And then it could go...
_________________________________
(SINGING TUNE)
_________________________________
(PLAYING TUNE)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(PLAYING TUNE)
_________________________________
And what if everything was on fire?
_________________________________
-(GASPS)
-Yes! Fire! Everywhere!
-Yes! Fire! Everywhere!
_________________________________
Inspired! You have
the spirit of an artist.
_________________________________
(BAND PLAYING)
_________________________________
(BAND PLAYING)
_________________________________
The dancers exit.
The music fades, the lights go out.
The music fades, the lights go out.
_________________________________
And Ernesto de la Cruz
rises to the stage!
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
_________________________________
Huh?
_________________________________
_________________________________
He does a couple of songs,
the sun rises, everyone cheers–
_________________________________
Excuse me, where's the real de la Cruz?
_________________________________
Ernesto doesn't do rehearsals!
_________________________________
He's too busy hosting that fancy party
at the top of his tower.
_________________________________
(SIGHS)
at the top of his tower.
_________________________________
(SIGHS)
_________________________________
Chamaco, you can't run off
on me like that.
on me like that.
_________________________________
Stop pestering the celebrities.
_________________________________
You said my
great-great-grandpa would be here!
great-great-grandpa would be here!
_________________________________
He's halfway across town
throwing some big party.
_________________________________
That bum. Who doesn't show up
to his own rehearsal?
_________________________________
If you're such good friends,
how come he didn't invite you?
_________________________________
He's your great-great-grandpa,
how come he didn't invite you?
_________________________________
Hey, Gustavo! You know
anything about this party?
_________________________________
(SCOFFS) It's the hot ticket!
_________________________________
But if you're not on the guest list,
you're never getting in, Chorizo.
_________________________________
-Hey! It's Chorizo! Choricito!
-(ALL LAUGHING)
-(ALL LAUGHING)
_________________________________
Ah-ha. Very funny, guys. Very funny.
_________________________________
Chorizo?
_________________________________
Oh, this guy's famous.
_________________________________
Go on, go on.
Ask him how he died.
_________________________________
I don't want to talk about it.
_________________________________
He choked on some chorizo!
_________________________________
(ALL LAUGHING)
_________________________________
I didn't choke, okay?
_________________________________
_________________________________
I didn't choke, okay?
_________________________________
I got food poisoning
which is a big difference.
_________________________________
(ALL LAUGHING)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(ALL LAUGHING)
_________________________________
This is why I don't like musicians.
_________________________________
Bunch of self-important jerks!
_________________________________
-Hey, I'm a musician.
-You are?
_________________________________
_________________________________
If you really want to get to Ernesto,
_________________________________
there is that music competition...
_________________________________
_________________________________
at the Plaza de la Cruz.
_________________________________
_________________________________
Winner gets to play at his party.
_________________________________
No, no. Chamaco,
you're loco if you think–
_________________________________
I need to get
my great-great-grandfather's blessing!
my great-great-grandfather's blessing!
_________________________________
You know where I can get a guitar?
_________________________________
(SIGHS) I know a guy.
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
(SNIFFING)
_________________________________
Have you found him, Pepita?
Have you found our boy?
_________________________________
(BLOWS)
_________________________________
(BLOWS)
_________________________________
-ROSITA: A footprint!
-It's a Rivera boot.
_________________________________
-Size seven!
-And a half.
_________________________________
-Pronated.
-Miguel.
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: Why the heck would you
HÉCTOR: Why the heck would you
want to be a musician?
_________________________________
MIGUEL: My great-great-grandpa
MIGUEL: My great-great-grandpa
was a musician!
_________________________________
Who spent his life
performing like a monkey
_________________________________
for complete strangers.
performing like a monkey
_________________________________
for complete strangers.
_________________________________
(GROANS) No thank you.
No! Guácala!
No! Guácala!
_________________________________
(SCOFFS) What do you know?
_________________________________
So, how far is this guitar, anyway?
_________________________________
We're almost there.
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
Keep up, chamaco. Come on!
_________________________________
(HÉCTOR WHISTLES)
_________________________________
(MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
(HÉCTOR WHISTLES)
_________________________________
(MUSIC PLAYING)
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-ALL: Cousin Héctor!
-Hey! These guys! Hey, Tío!
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?Qué onda?
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These people are all you family?
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Uh...
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In a way. We're all the ones
with no photos or ofrendas.
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In a way. We're all the ones
with no photos or ofrendas.
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No family to go home to.
Nearly forgotten, you know?
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So, we all call each other cousin,
or tío, or whatever.
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-(DANTE WHINES)
-(GRUNTING)
or tío, or whatever.
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-(DANTE WHINES)
-(GRUNTING)
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-Héctor!
-Tía Chelo!
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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Muchas gracias!
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Hey! Save some for me!
Is Chicharrón around?
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CHELO: Eh, in the bungalow.
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I don't know if he's
in the mood for visitors.
in the mood for visitors.
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(SCOFFS) Who doesn't like
a visit from cousin Héctor?
a visit from cousin Héctor?
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-(GASPS)
-(CLATTERS)
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-(GASPS)
-(CLATTERS)
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Buenas noches, Chicharrón!
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I don't want to see
your stupid face, Héctor.
your stupid face, Héctor.
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Come on. It's Día de Muertos.
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I brought you a little offering.
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-Get out of here.
-I would Cheech.
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But the thing is,
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But the thing is,
me and my friend, Miguel...
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We really need to borrow your guitar.
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-My guitar?
-Yes.
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My prized beloved guitar?
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I promise we'll bring it right back.
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Like the time you promised
to bring back my van?
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-Uh...
-Or my mini-fridge?
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-Ah, you see–
-Or my good napkins?
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My lasso? My femur?
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Well, no, not like those times.
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Where is my femur? You– (GROANING)
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Whoa, whoa.
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-You okay, amigo?
-(SIGHS) I'm fading, Héctor.
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I can feel it.
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I couldn't even play
that thing if I wanted to.
that thing if I wanted to.
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You play me something.
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No. You know
I don't play anymore, Cheech.
I don't play anymore, Cheech.
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The guitar is for the kid.
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You want it, you got to earn it.
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Ay, only for you, amigo.
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(STRUMMING)
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(STRUMMING)
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Any requests?
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(CHUCKLES)
You know my favorite, Héctor.
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(PLAYING SOFT MUSIC)
You know my favorite, Héctor.
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(PLAYING SOFT MUSIC)
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♪ Well, everyone knows Juanita
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♪ Her eyes each a different color
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♪ Her teeth stick out
And her chin goes in
And her chin goes in
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♪ And her...
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♪ Knuckles they drag on the floor
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-Those aren't the words.
-There are children present.
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♪ Her hair is like a briar
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♪ She stands in a bow-legged stance
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♪ And if I weren't so ugly
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♪ She'd possibly give me a chance ♪
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(LAUGHS)
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(LAUGHS)
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Brings back memories.
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Gracias.
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(WHINES)
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(WHINES)
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Wait. What happened?
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He's been forgotten.
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When there's no one left
in the living world
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who remembers you...
in the living world
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who remembers you...
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you disappear from this world.
We call it the final death.
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(STAMMERS) Where did he go?
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No one knows.
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But I've met him.
I could remember him when I go back!
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No, it doesn't work like that, chamaco.
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Our memories,
they have to be passed down
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by those who knew us in life...
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in the stories they tell about us.
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But there's no one left alive
to pass down Cheech's stories.
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Hey, it happens to everyone eventually.
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Come on, de la Cruzcito,
you've got a contest to win.
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MIGUEL: You told me
MIGUEL: You told me
you hated musicians.
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You never said you were one.
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HÉCTOR: How do you think I knew
HÉCTOR: How do you think I knew
your great-great-grandpa?
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We used to play music together.
Taught him everything he knows.
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No manches! You played with
Ernesto de la Cruz...
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the greatest musician of all time?
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(LAUGHS) Ah, you're funny.
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Greatest eyebrows of all time maybe.
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But his music? Eh, not so much.
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You don't know
what you're talking about.
what you're talking about.
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HÉCTOR: Welcome to
HÉCTOR: Welcome to
the Plaza de la Cruz!
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Showtime, chamaco!
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(WHOOPING)
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(WHOOPING)
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Liévelo? T-shirts! Bobbleheads!
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(ALL CHEERING)
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(ALL GASP)
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(ALL CHEERING)
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(ALL GASP)
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Bienvenidos a todos!
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Oh! (LAUGHS)
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-Who's ready for some música?
-(ALL CHEERING)
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It's a battle of the bands, amigos.
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The winner gets to play
for the maestro himself,
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Ernesto de la Cruz...
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on his fiesta tonight!
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That's our ticket, muchacho.
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Oh! Oh, oh, oh!
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Let the competition begin!
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(ALL CHEERING)
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(ALL PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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(ALL BARKING)
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(PLAYING ACCORDIONS)
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Let the competition begin!
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(ALL CHEERING)
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(ALL PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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(ALL BARKING)
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(PLAYING ACCORDIONS)
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So, what's the plan?
What are you gonna play?
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Definitely Remember Me.
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No! Not that one. No.
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Come on. It's the most popular song!
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Ah, it's too popular.
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♪ Remember me
though I have to travel far ♪
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♪ Remember me... ♪
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♪ Don't let it make you cry... ♪
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(PLAYING REMEMBER ME)
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(PLAYING REMEMBER ME)
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(STAMMERING)
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(STAMMERING)
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-What about Poco Loco?
-Epa! Now that's a song!
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De la Cruzito!
You're on standby.
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Los Chachalacos, you're up next.
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ALL: Los Chachalacos!
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-(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
-(ALL CHEERING)
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-(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
-(ALL CHEERING)
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You always this nervous
before a performance?
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I don't know. (SIGHS)
I've never performed before.
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What? You said you were a musician!
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(STAMMERS) I am! I mean, I will be.
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-Ay!
-Once I win.
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That's your plan?
No. You have to win.
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Your life literally depends on...
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you winning. And you've never
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you winning. And you've never
done this before!
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I'll go up there.
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-No! I need to do this.
-Why?
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If I can't go out and play one song,
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how can I call myself a musician?
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What does that matter?
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Because I don't just want to
get de la Cruz' blessing...
Because I don't just want to
get de la Cruz' blessing...
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I need to prove that I'm worthy of it.
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Oh, that's such a sweet sentiment
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at such a bad time!
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(GROANING)
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(GROANING)
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Okay! Okay. You want to perform?
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Then you got to perform!
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First, you have to loosen up.
Shake off those nerves.
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(VOCALIZING)
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(VOCALIZING)
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(VOCALIZING)
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(VOCALIZING)
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Now give me your best grito.
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-My best grito?
-Come on, yell! Belt it out.
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(WHOOPING)
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Ah, it feels good.
Okay, now you.
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(WHOOPING WEAKLY)
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Oh, come on, kid.
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♪ ♪
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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♪ ♪
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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De la Cruzito, you're on now!
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Miguel, look at me. Hey, look at me.
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You can do this.
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Grab their attention and don't let it go.
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Make them listen, chamaco.
You've got this.
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De la Cruzito
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(CHEERING IN SPANISH)
(CHEERING IN SPANISH)
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-(EXHALES NERVOUSLY)
-(FEEDBACK)
-(FEEDBACK)
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What's he doing? Why isn't he playing?
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WOMAN: Bring back the singing dogs!
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(VOCALIZING)
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-AUDIENCE: Qué bien!
-Vámonos! Whoo!
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(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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-AUDIENCE: Qué bien!
-Vámonos! Whoo!
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(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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♪ What color is the sky?
Ay mi amor, ay mi amor
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♪ You tell me that it's red
Ay mi amor, ay mi amor
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♪ Where should I put my shoes?
Ay mi amor, ay mi amor
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♪ You say put them on your head
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♪ Ay mi amor, ay mi amor
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♪ Ay mi amor, ay mi amor
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♪ You make me un poco loco
Un poqui-ti-ti-to loco
Un poqui-ti-ti-to loco
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♪ The way you keep me guessing
I'm nodding and I'm yes-ing
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♪ I'll count it as a blessing
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♪ That I'm only un poco loco
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No! No! No!
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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No! No! No!
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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Not bad for a dead guy!
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Not so bad yourself, gordito! Eso!
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(CHEERING CONTINUES)
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(SNIFFING)
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(CHEERING CONTINUES)
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(SNIFFING)
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He's close! Find him!
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♪ The loco that you make me
It is just un poco crazy
It is just un poco crazy
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♪ The sense that you're not making
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♪ The liberties you're taking
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♪ Leaves my cabeza shaking
You're just un poco loco
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(BOTH WHOOPING)
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(DANTE HOWLING)
(BOTH WHOOPING)
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(DANTE HOWLING)
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We're looking for a living kid.
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About twelve?
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Have you seen a living boy?
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♪ Un poqui-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti
ti-ti-ti-to loco ♪
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(WHOOPING)
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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Hey! You did good!
I'm proud of you. Eso!
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(GASPS)
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AUDIENCE: (CHANTING)
Otra! Otra! Otra!
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(GASPS)
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AUDIENCE: (CHANTING)
Otra! Otra! Otra!
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-Hey! Where are you going?
-We got to get out of here!
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What? Are you crazy?
We're about to win this thing.
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Damas y caballeros,
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I have an emergency announcement.
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Please be on the lookout for a living boy.
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Answers to the name of Miguel.
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Earlier tonight
he ran away from his family.
he ran away from his family.
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They just want to send him back
to the Land of the Living.
to the Land of the Living.
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Wait, wait.
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You said de la Cruz
was your only family.
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The only person
who could send you home.
who could send you home.
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I do have other family, but–
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You could have taken my photo
back this whole time?
back this whole time?
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But they hate music!
I need a musician's blessing.
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-You lied to me!
-Oh, you're one to talk.
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Look at me. I'm being forgotten, Miguel.
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I don't even know
if I'm gonna last the night.
if I'm gonna last the night.
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I'm not gonna miss my one chance
to cross that bridge because...
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you want to live out
to cross that bridge because...
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you want to live out
some stupid musical fantasy.
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It's not stupid.
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I'm taking you to your family.
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-Let go of me!
-You'll thank me later.
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You don't want to help me.
You only care about yourself!
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Keep your dumb photo.
Stay away from me!
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No! (GRUNTING)
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Hey, chamaco! Where did you go?
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Chamaco! I'm sorry! Come back!
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(WHINING)
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(WHINING)
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Dante, cállate! No!
Dante, stop it.
Dante, stop it.
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He can't help me.
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Dante! Stop!
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-(GROWLING)
-Stop it! Leave me alone!
-Stop it! Leave me alone!
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You're not a spirit guide.
You're just a dumb dog!
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Now get out of here!
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-It's him!
-It's that living boy!
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-I've heard about him. Look!
-He's alive!
-He's alive!
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SKELETON 1: He's alive!
SKELETON 2: The boy is alive!
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(TRAIN BELL CLANGING)
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(TRAIN BELL CLANGING)
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-(GASPS)
-(GROWLS)
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(SCREAMS)
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-(GROWLS)
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(SCREAMS)
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This nonsense ends now, Miguel!
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I am giving you my blessing
and you are going home.
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MIGUEL: I don't want your blessing!
MIGUEL: I don't want your blessing!
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-MAMÁ IMELDA: Miguel, stop!
-(ROARS)
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Come back! Miguel!
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(GRUNTING)
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(GRUNTING)
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I am trying to save your life!
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-You're ruining my life!
-What?
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Music's the only thing
that makes me happy.
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And you want to take that away.
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You'll never understand.
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(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
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(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
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♪ Y aunque la vida me cueste,
Llorona
Llorona
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♪ No dejaré de quererte... ♪
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I thought you hated music.
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Oh, I loved it!
I remember that feeling...
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when my husband would play,
and I would sing
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and nothing else mattered.
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But when we had Coco,
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suddenly there was something
in my life that...
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mattered more than music.
in my life that...
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mattered more than music.
I wanted to put down roots.
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He wanted to play for the world.
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We each made a sacrifice
to get what we wanted.
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Now you must make a choice.
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But I don't want to pick sides!
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Why can't you be on my side?
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That's what family's supposed to do.
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Support you. But you never will.
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-Have a good time.
-Oh, how exciting!
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Oh, El Santo. I'm a big fan!
You mind if I...
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(CAMERA CLICKS)
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(CAMERA CLICKS)
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Gracias, señor.
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-Invitation?
-It's okay.
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I'm Ernesto's great-great-grandson.
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I'm Ernesto's great-great-grandson.
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(CHUCKLES)
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(GROANS)
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(SIGHS)
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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
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(GROANS)
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(SIGHS)
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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
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-Disculpe, señores...
-Hey, guys! It's poco loco!
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-You were on fire tonight!
-You too!
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Hey, musician to musician...
I need a favor.
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Oh, the competition winners.
Congratulations, chicos.
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(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
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-(BLOWS)
-(GROANS)
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(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
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-(BLOWS)
-(GROANS)
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(CHUCKLES) Thanks, guys!
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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-(GASPS)
-(BELL RINGS)
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(ALL LAUGHING)
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-(GASPS)
-(BELL RINGS)
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Whoa!
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Hey! Enjoy the party, little músico!
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Gracias!
Gracias!
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Oh!
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ALL: Oh!
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ALL: Oh!
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Look! It's Ernesto!
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De la Cruz!
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Señor de la Cruz!
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Pardon me! Señor de la Cruz!
Señor de la–
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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DE LA CRUZ: When you see
DE LA CRUZ: When you see
your moment,
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you mustn't let it pass you by.
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You must seize it.
You must seize it.
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This one has a wise spirit.
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♪ ♪
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This one has a wise spirit.
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♪ ♪
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We're almost there, Dante.
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(GRUNTING)
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(GRUNTING)
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Señor de la Cruz!
Señor de la–
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NUN: But what can we do?
It is hopeless...
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You must have faith, sister.
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NUN: But Padre, he will never listen.
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He will listen... to music.
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(EXHALES DEEPLY)
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(VOCALIZING)
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(ECHOING)
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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(ECHOING)
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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(PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
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♪ Señoras y señores,
buenas tardes, buenas noches
buenas tardes, buenas noches
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♪ Buenas tardes, buenas noches
Señoritas y señores
♪ Buenas tardes, buenas noches
Señoritas y señores
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♪ To be here with you tonight
Brings me joy! Que alegría
♪ To be here with you tonight
Brings me joy! Que alegría
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♪ For this music is my language
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♪ And the world es mi familia
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♪ For this music is my language
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♪ And the world es mi familia
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♪ For this music is my language
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♪ And the world es mi familia
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♪ For this music is my lang– ♪
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-(YELPS)
-(ALL GASP)
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(GASPS)
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(COUGHING)
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-(YELPS)
-(ALL GASP)
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(GASPS)
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(COUGHING)
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Are you all right, niño?
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(ALL GASP)
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It's you! You are that boy!
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(BREATHING HEAVILY)
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(ALL GASP)
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It's you! You are that boy!
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The one who came
from the Land of the Living.
from the Land of the Living.
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You...know about me?
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(LAUGHING) You're all
anyone has been talking about.
anyone has been talking about.
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Why have you come here?
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I'm Miguel. (STAMMERS)
Your great-great-grandson.
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(ALL EXCLAIM)
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(ALL EXCLAIM)
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I... have a great-great-grandson?
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I need your blessing
_________________________________
so I can go back home
and be a musician.
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Just like you.
and be a musician.
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Just like you.
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The rest of our family,
they wouldn't listen.
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(STAMMERS) But I hoped you would.
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My boy, with a talent like yours,
how could I not listen?
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-ALL: Aww!
-(LAUGHS)
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-ALL: Aww!
-(LAUGHS)
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I have a great-great-grandson!
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(ALL CHEERING)
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(ALL CHEERING)
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-Look! It's Frida!
-Yes, it is I. Frida Kahlo.
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-It is an honor, Señora.
-Gracias.
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(BELL RINGS)
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(BELL RINGS)
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Hey, Negrete! Infante!
_________________________________
Have you met my great-great-grandson?
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My great-great-grandson.
_________________________________
He's alive! And a musician to boot.
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Dimple. No dimple.
Dimple. No dimple.
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-No dimple!
-(ALL LAUGH)
-(ALL LAUGH)
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To our friendship.
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BOTH: I would move heaven and earth
for you, mi amigo. Salud!
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Poison!
_________________________________
You know, I did all my own stunts.
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♪ Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me... ♪
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DE LA CRUZ: All of this came
DE LA CRUZ: All of this came
from my amazing fans
_________________________________
in the Land of the Living.
_________________________________
They leave me more offerings
than I know what to do with!
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Hey, what's wrong? Is it too much?
You look overwhelmed.
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-No! It's all great!
-But?
_________________________________
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It's just– (SIGHS)
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I have been looking up to you
my whole life.
my whole life.
_________________________________
You're the guy who actually did it!
_________________________________
But did you ever regret it?
_________________________________
Choosing music over everything else?
_________________________________
It was hard.
_________________________________
Saying goodbye to my hometown.
_________________________________
Saying goodbye to my hometown.
Heading off on my own...
_________________________________
Leaving your family?
_________________________________
Sí. But I could not have
done it differently.
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One cannot deny
who one is meant to be.
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And you, my great-great-grandson,
are meant to be a musician!
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You and I, we are artists, Miguel.
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We cannot belong to one family.
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The world is our family.
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Ooh! Ooh! The fireworks have begun!
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Soon the party will move across town
for my Sunrise Spectacular.
for my Sunrise Spectacular.
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(GASPS) Miguel,
you must come to the show!
you must come to the show!
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You will be my guest of honor!
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-You mean it?
-Of course, my boy.
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(SIGHING) I can't.
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I have to get home before sunrise.
_________________________________
Oh! I really do need to get you home.
_________________________________
It has been an honor.
_________________________________
I am sorry to see you go, Miguel.
_________________________________
I hope you die very soon.
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(CHUCKLES) You know what I mean.
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Miguel, I give you my bless–
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HÉCTOR: We had a deal, chamaco.
HÉCTOR: We had a deal, chamaco.
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Who are you?
What is the meaning of this?
_________________________________
Oh, Frida! I thought you couldn't make it.
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You said you'd take back my photo.
_________________________________
You promised, Miguel.
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You know this, uh, man?
_________________________________
Uh, I just met him tonight.
He told me he knew you.
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(STAMMERS) Héctor?
_________________________________
Please, Miguel. Put my photo up.
_________________________________
My friend, you're being forgotten.
_________________________________
-And whose fault is that?
-Héctor, please...
_________________________________
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Those were my songs you took.
My songs that made you famous.
_________________________________
What?
_________________________________
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If I'm being forgotten, it's because
you never told anyone that I wrote them!
you never told anyone that I wrote them!
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That's crazy. De la Cruz wrote
all his own songs.
all his own songs.
_________________________________
You want to tell him or should I?
_________________________________
Héctor, I never meant to take credit.
_________________________________
We made a great team, but you died...
_________________________________
and I only sang your songs
_________________________________
because I wanted to keep
_________________________________
and I only sang your songs
_________________________________
because I wanted to keep
a part of you alive.
_________________________________
Oh, how generous!
_________________________________
You really did play together.
_________________________________
I don't want to fight about it.
_________________________________
I just want you to make it right.
_________________________________
Miguel can put my photo up,
and I can cross over the bridge.
_________________________________
and I can cross over the bridge.
_________________________________
I can see my girl.
_________________________________
Ernesto, remember the night I left?
_________________________________
That was a long time ago.
_________________________________
We drank together and you told me
you would move Heaven and Earth...
_________________________________
for your amigo.
you would move Heaven and Earth...
_________________________________
for your amigo.
Well, I'm asking you to now.
_________________________________
Heaven and Earth?
Like in the movie?
_________________________________
-What?
-That's Don Hidalgo's toast.
_________________________________
In the de la Cruz movie,
El Camino a Casa.
_________________________________
I'm talking about my real life, Miguel.
_________________________________
No! It's in there. Look!
_________________________________
DON: (ON TV) Never were
DON: (ON TV) Never were
truer words spoken.
_________________________________
This calls for a toast.
To our friendship! (LAUGHS)
_________________________________
I would move Heaven and Earth
I would move Heaven and Earth
for you, mi amigo.
_________________________________
But in the movie,
Don Hidalgo poisons the drink.
Don Hidalgo poisons the drink.
_________________________________
DON: Salud!
DE LA CRUZ: Poison!
DON: Salud!
DE LA CRUZ: Poison!
_________________________________
That night, Ernesto. The night I left...
_________________________________
We've been performing
on the road for months.
_________________________________
I got homesick...
_________________________________
and I packed up my songs.
and I packed up my songs.
_________________________________
You want to give up now
_________________________________
when we're this close
when we're this close
to reaching our dream?
_________________________________
This was your dream. You'll manage.
_________________________________
I can't do this
without your songs, Héctor.
_________________________________
I'm going home, Ernesto.
_________________________________
Hate me if you want,
but my mind is made up.
_________________________________
(DOOR OPENS)
_________________________________
(DOOR OPENS)
_________________________________
Oh, I could never hate you.
If you must go,
_________________________________
then I'm sending you off with a toast.
_________________________________
then I'm sending you off with a toast.
_________________________________
To our friendship.
_________________________________
I would move Heaven and Earth
for you, mi amigo. Salud!
for you, mi amigo. Salud!
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: You walked me
HÉCTOR: You walked me
to the train station.
_________________________________
But I felt a pain in my stomach.
_________________________________
I thought it must have been
something I ate.
something I ate.
_________________________________
Perhaps it was that chorizo, my friend.
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: Or something I drank.
HÉCTOR: Or something I drank.
_________________________________
I woke up dead.
_________________________________
You poisoned me.
_________________________________
You're confusing movies
with reality, Héctor.
_________________________________
All this time, I thought
it was just bad luck.
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: I never thought that
HÉCTOR: I never thought that
you might have– That you...
_________________________________
-(YELLS)
-(GROANS)
_________________________________
-(YELLS)
-(GROANS)
_________________________________
-How could you?
-Héctor!
_________________________________
Security! Security!
_________________________________
You took everything
away from me! You rat!
away from me! You rat!
_________________________________
Have him taken care of.
He's not well.
_________________________________
_________________________________
I just wanted to move back home.
No! No!
_________________________________
(PANTING) I apologize.
Where were we?
_________________________________
You were going to give me
your blessing.
your blessing.
_________________________________
Yes. Uh, sí.
_________________________________
Miguel, uh, my reputation...
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES) It is very important to me.
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES) It is very important to me.
_________________________________
I would hate to have you think...
_________________________________
That you murdered Héctor
for his songs?
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
You don't think that. Do you?
_________________________________
(STAMMERS) I– No... Everyone
knows you're the good guy.
knows you're the good guy.
_________________________________
Papá Ernesto, my blessing?
_________________________________
Security? Take care of Miguel.
He'll be extending his stay.
_________________________________
What? But I'm your family!
_________________________________
And Héctor was my best friend.
_________________________________
Success doesn't come for free, Miguel.
_________________________________
You have to be willing to do
whatever it takes
whatever it takes
_________________________________
-to seize your moment.
-(GASPS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
I know you understand.
_________________________________
No! No!
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
Let go! No!
_________________________________
(SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(GASPS AND COUGHS)
_________________________________
(GASPS AND COUGHS)
_________________________________
(ECHOING) Help!
Can anyone hear me?
_________________________________
I want to go home.
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
-(RUSTLING)
-(GASPS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
-(STAMMERS) Héctor?
-Kid?
_________________________________
_________________________________
Oh, Héctor! You were right.
_________________________________
I should have gone back to my family.
_________________________________
They told me not to be like de la Cruz,
_________________________________
but I didn't listen.
_________________________________
_________________________________
I told them I didn't care
if they remembered me.
_________________________________
I didn't care if I was
on the stupid ofrenda.
on the stupid ofrenda.
_________________________________
Hey, chamaco.
It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
_________________________________
I told them I didn't care.
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
(GASPING)
_________________________________
Héctor! Héctor?
_________________________________
She's forgetting me.
_________________________________
-Who?
-My daughter.
_________________________________
She's the reason you wanted
to cross the bridge.
_________________________________
I just wanted to see her again.
_________________________________
I never should have left Santa Cecilia.
_________________________________
I wish I could apologize.
_________________________________
I wish I could tell her
that her papá was trying to come home.
that her papá was trying to come home.
_________________________________
That he loved her so much.
_________________________________
My Coco...
_________________________________
Coco?
_________________________________
Where did you get this?
_________________________________
That's my Mamá Coco.
That's my Mamá Imelda.
_________________________________
Is that you?
_________________________________
-We're...
-BOTH: Family?
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: I always hoped
HÉCTOR: I always hoped
I'd see her again.
_________________________________
That she'd miss me.
_________________________________
Maybe put up my photo.
But it never happened.
_________________________________
You know the worst part?
_________________________________
Even if I never got to see
Coco in the living world...
_________________________________
I thought at least
one day I'd see her here.
one day I'd see her here.
_________________________________
Give her the biggest hug.
_________________________________
But she's the last person
who remembers me.
_________________________________
The moment she's gone
from the living world...
_________________________________
You disappear... from this one.
_________________________________
You'll never get to see her.
_________________________________
Ever again.
_________________________________
You know, I wrote her a song once.
_________________________________
We used to sing it every night
at the same time.
at the same time.
_________________________________
No matter how far apart we were.
_________________________________
What I wouldn't give to sing it to her
_________________________________
One... last... time.
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Don't let it make you cry
_________________________________
♪ For even if I'm far away
I hold you in my heart
I hold you in my heart
_________________________________
♪ I sing a secret song to you
Each night we are apart
Each night we are apart
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
_________________________________
Papá!
_________________________________
♪ Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Remember me
_________________________________
♪ Each time you hear a sad guitar
_________________________________
♪ Know that I'm with you
The only way that I can be
The only way that I can be
_________________________________
♪ Until you're in my arms again
_________________________________
♪ Remember me ♪
_________________________________
He stole your guitar.
He stole your songs.
_________________________________
You should be the one
the world remembers, not de la Cruz!
_________________________________
I didn't write Remember Me
for the world.
_________________________________
I wrote it for Coco.
_________________________________
I'm a pretty sorry excuse
for a great-great-grandpa.
for a great-great-grandpa.
_________________________________
Are you kidding? A minute ago
I thought I was related to a murderer.
_________________________________
You're a total upgrade.
_________________________________
My whole life, there's been something...
_________________________________
_________________________________
that made me different.
_________________________________
And I never knew where it came from.
_________________________________
But now I know. It comes from you.
_________________________________
I'm proud we're family!
I'm proud to be his family!
_________________________________
(WHOOPING)
_________________________________
(WHOOPING)
_________________________________
I'm proud to be his family!
_________________________________
(WHOOPING)
_________________________________
(ECHOING)
_________________________________
(DANTE HOWLING)
_________________________________
(DANTE HOWLING)
_________________________________
Dante?
_________________________________
-(BARKS)
-Dante!
_________________________________
(BARKING)
-Dante!
_________________________________
(BARKING)
_________________________________
It's Dante!
_________________________________
(ROARING)
_________________________________
(ROARING)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(LAUGHING)
_________________________________
(LAUGHING)
_________________________________
-Imelda!
-Héctor.
_________________________________
You look good.
_________________________________
(WHIMPERS)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
(WHIMPERS)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
Dante! You knew he was my
Papá Héctor the whole time!
_________________________________
You are a real spirit guide.
_________________________________
Who's a good spirit guide?
You are!
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(WHINING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(WHINING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
Whoa!
_________________________________
-(LAUGHS)
-(BARKS)
-(BARKS)
_________________________________
Dante!
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(BARKING)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(BARKING)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
There they are!
_________________________________
ALL: Miguel! Miguelito! Look,
it's Miguel! He's all right.
it's Miguel! He's all right.
_________________________________
Gracias, Dios mío!
Qué bueno.
Qué bueno.
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(SCOFFS)
_________________________________
(BARKS)
_________________________________
(YELPS)
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(SCOFFS)
_________________________________
(BARKS)
_________________________________
(YELPS)
_________________________________
(CHUCKLES)
_________________________________
Mijo, I was so worried!
_________________________________
Thank goodness we found you in time.
_________________________________
And you... How many times
must I turn you away?
_________________________________
Imelda.
_________________________________
I want nothing to do with you!
Not in life, not in death!
_________________________________
I spent decades protecting
my family from your mistakes.
_________________________________
He spends five minutes with you
and I have to fish him out of a sinkhole!
_________________________________
I wasn't in there because of Héctor.
_________________________________
He was in there because of me.
_________________________________
He was just trying to get me home!
_________________________________
I didn't want to listen, but he was right.
_________________________________
Nothing is more important than family.
_________________________________
I'm ready to accept your blessing.
_________________________________
And your conditions.
_________________________________
But first, I need to find de la Cruz.
_________________________________
To get Héctor's photo.
_________________________________
-What?
-So he can see Coco again.
_________________________________
Héctor should be on our ofrenda.
_________________________________
He's part of our family.
_________________________________
He left this family!
_________________________________
He tried to go home to you and Coco.
_________________________________
But de la Cruz murdered him!
_________________________________
-It's true, Imelda.
-And so what if it's true?
_________________________________
You leave me alone
with a child to raise...
_________________________________
and I'm just supposed to forgive you?
_________________________________
Imelda, I– (GROANS)
_________________________________
-Héctor!
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
_________________________________
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
_________________________________
I'm running out of time.
It's Coco.
_________________________________
She's forgetting you.
_________________________________
You don't have to forgive him.
But we shouldn't forget him.
_________________________________
I wanted to forget you.
_________________________________
I wanted Coco to forget you too, but...
_________________________________
This is my fault. Not yours.
_________________________________
I'm sorry, Imelda.
_________________________________
Miguel, if we help you get his photo,
_________________________________
you will return home?
_________________________________
No more music?
_________________________________
Family comes first.
_________________________________
I can't forgive you.
_________________________________
But I will help you.
_________________________________
So, how do we get to de la Cruz?
_________________________________
I might know a way.
_________________________________
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
♪ ♪
_________________________________
(MUSIC STOPS)
_________________________________
(SPOOKY MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
♪ ♪
_________________________________
(MUSIC STOPS)
_________________________________
(SPOOKY MUSIC PLAYING)
_________________________________
-Good luck, muchacho.
-Gracias, Frida.
_________________________________
(ALL GRUNTING)
_________________________________
-(SCREAMS IN PAIN)
-(YELPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(ALL GRUNTING)
_________________________________
-(SCREAMS IN PAIN)
-(YELPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
-Here, let me help you with–
-Don't touch me!
_________________________________
-Everyone clear on the plan?
-Find Héctor's photo.
_________________________________
-Give it to Miguel.
-Send Miguel home.
_________________________________
-Got your petals?
-(BARKS)
-(BARKS)
_________________________________
Now, we just have to find de la Cruz.
_________________________________
-Yes?
-(SCREAMS)
_________________________________
Don't I know you?
_________________________________
That's for murdering the love of my life!
_________________________________
-Who– Who the–
-She's talking about me!
_________________________________
I'm the love of your life?
_________________________________
I don't know. I'm still angry at you.
_________________________________
Héctor! How did you– (GROANS)
_________________________________
And that's for trying
to murder my grandson.
_________________________________
-Grandson?
-She's talking about me!
_________________________________
You! Wait.
You're related to Héctor?
You're related to Héctor?
_________________________________
The photo!
_________________________________
Uh...
_________________________________
After him!
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
Security! Ayúdenme!
_________________________________
-You said love of your life.
-I don't know what I said.
_________________________________
That's what I heard.
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(GRUNTING)
_________________________________
Places, Señor.
You're on in thirty seconds.
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNTING)
_________________________________
-(MAMÁ IMELDA YELPS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNTING)
_________________________________
-(MAMÁ IMELDA YELPS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
-(GRUNTS)
-Ay! Miguel! I have it!
_________________________________
(YELPS)
_________________________________
-(RUMBLING)
-(YELPS)
-Ay! Miguel! I have it!
_________________________________
(YELPS)
_________________________________
-(RUMBLING)
-(YELPS)
_________________________________
Oh!
_________________________________
(SCREAMS)
_________________________________
(SCREAMS)
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Hurry! Come on!
MIGUEL: Hurry! Come on!
_________________________________
EMCEE: Ladies and gentlemen...
_________________________________
the one... the only... Ernesto de la Cruz!
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
Get her off the stage.
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
Get her off the stage.
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
_________________________________
Sing! Sing!
_________________________________
♪ Ay, de mi Llorona
_________________________________
♪ Llorona de azul celeste
_________________________________
♪ Ay, de mi Llorona
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
_________________________________
♪ Llorona de azul celeste
_________________________________
♪ Llorona de azul celeste
_________________________________
♪ Y aunque la vida me cueste,
Llorona
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
♪ Me subí al pino más alto,
_________________________________
♪ Me subí al pino más alto,
Llorona
_________________________________
♪ A ver si te divisaba
_________________________________
♪ Como el pino era tierno,
Llorona
_________________________________
♪ Al verme llorar, lloraba
_________________________________
♪ Ay de mí Llorona, Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste
_________________________________
♪ Ay de mí Llorona, Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste
_________________________________
♪ Y aunque la vida me cueste,
Llorona
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
Let go of me!
_________________________________
Let go of me!
_________________________________
♪ Y aunque la vida me cueste,
Llorona
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
♪ No dejaré de quererte
_________________________________
♪ Ay, ay, ay ♪
_________________________________
(GROANING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
(LAUGHING)
_________________________________
(GROANING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
_________________________________
(LAUGHING)
_________________________________
I forgot what that felt like.
_________________________________
You still got it.
_________________________________
-(MIGUEL CLEARS THROAT)
-Oh.
_________________________________
Miguel, I give you my blessing.
_________________________________
To go home, to put up our photos
_________________________________
and to never–
_________________________________
Never play music again.
_________________________________
To never forget how much
your family loves you.
_________________________________
You're going home.
_________________________________
You're not going anywhere.
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNTING)
_________________________________
(BOTH GRUNTING)
_________________________________
Imelda!
_________________________________
DE LA CRUZ: Stay back! Stay back!
DE LA CRUZ: Stay back! Stay back!
_________________________________
All of you, stay back.
Not one more step.
_________________________________
(BARKING)
_________________________________
(BARKING)
_________________________________
Dante!
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
Ernesto, stop!
Leave the boy alone.
_________________________________
I've worked too hard, Héctor.
_________________________________
Too hard to let him destroy everything.
_________________________________
HÉCTOR: He's a living child, Ernesto.
HÉCTOR: He's a living child, Ernesto.
_________________________________
He's a threat! (ECHOES)
_________________________________
You think I'd let him go back
_________________________________
to the Land of the Living
with your photo?
_________________________________
to the Land of the Living
with your photo?
_________________________________
To keep your memory alive? No.
_________________________________
_________________________________
-You're a coward!
-I am Ernesto de la Cruz.
_________________________________
_________________________________
The greatest musician of all time!
_________________________________
Héctor's the real musician.
_________________________________
You're just the guy who murdered him
_________________________________
-and stole his songs!
-(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
-and stole his songs!
-(ALL GASP)
_________________________________
Murdered?
_________________________________
I am the one who's willing to do
_________________________________
what it takes to seize my moment.
_________________________________
what it takes to seize my moment.
_________________________________
Whatever it takes.
Whatever it takes.
_________________________________
-(SCREAMING)
-No!
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING)
_________________________________
MAMÁ IMELDA AND OSCAR: Miguel!
MAMÁ IMELDA AND OSCAR: Miguel!
_________________________________
Apologies, old friend.
But the show must go on.
_________________________________
(SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(CONTINUES SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(CONTINUES SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
(INHALES SHARPLY)
_________________________________
(SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(CONTINUES SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(CONTINUES SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(ROARS)
_________________________________
(INHALES SHARPLY)
_________________________________
(LAUGHS)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE BOOING)
_________________________________
(LAUGHING) Please, please, mi familia.
_________________________________
-MAN: Murderer!
-(AUDIENCE JEERING)
_________________________________
Orchestra. A-one, a-two, a-one–
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE BOOING)
_________________________________
(AUDIENCE BOOING)
_________________________________
♪ Remember me
Though I have to s– ♪
Though I have to s– ♪
_________________________________
Hey!
_________________________________
Hey!
_________________________________
(BOOING CONTINUES)
_________________________________
_________________________________
Look!
_________________________________
-(GROWLING)
-(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
-(GROWLING)
-(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
_________________________________
-Nice kitty.
-(ROARS)
-(ROARS)
_________________________________
(SCREAMING)
_________________________________
Put me down! No, please!
I beg of you! Stop! Stop! No!
_________________________________
(DE LA CRUZ SCREAMING)
_________________________________
(DE LA CRUZ SCREAMING)
_________________________________
No! No!
_________________________________
(CLANGS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
-(CREAKS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(CLANGS)
_________________________________
(GROANS)
_________________________________
-(CREAKS)
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
(ALL CHEERING)
_________________________________
What did I miss?
_________________________________
Good boy, Dante!
_________________________________
Miguel!
_________________________________
(HÉCTOR GROANS)
_________________________________
Héctor! The photo... I lost it!
_________________________________
It's okay, mijo. It's o– (GROANING)
_________________________________
Héctor! Héctor?
_________________________________
Coco.
_________________________________
No! We can still find the photo.
_________________________________
Miguel, it's almost sunrise.
_________________________________
No, no. I can't leave you.
_________________________________
I promised I'd put your photo up.
_________________________________
I promised you'd see Coco.
_________________________________
We're both out of time, mijo.
_________________________________
Oh no! No! She can't forget you!
_________________________________
I just wanted her to know
that I loved her.
that I loved her.
_________________________________
Héctor!
_________________________________
You have our blessing, Miguel.
_________________________________
No conditions.
_________________________________
No! Papá Héctor, please!
_________________________________
No!
_________________________________
Go home.
_________________________________
I promise I won't let
Coco forget you! (SCREAMS)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(GASPS)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
-There he is!
-(GROANS)
-(GROANS)
_________________________________
Miguel! Stop!
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
(PANTING)
_________________________________
-Where have you been?
-(GASPS)
_________________________________
I need to see Mamá Coco, please.
_________________________________
I need to see Mamá Coco, please.
_________________________________
What are you doing with that–
Give it to me!
_________________________________
Miguel, stop! Miguel! Miguel!
_________________________________
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
_________________________________
(POUNDING ON DOOR)
_________________________________
Mamá Coco? Can you hear me?
It's Miguel.
_________________________________
I saw your papá. Remember? Papá?
_________________________________
Please! If you forget him,
he'll be gone. Forever.
_________________________________
PAPÁ: Miguel, open this door!
PAPÁ: Miguel, open this door!
_________________________________
Here. This was his guitar, right?
Here. This was his guitar, right?
_________________________________
He used to play it to you?
He used to play it to you?
_________________________________
See? There he is! Papá!
_________________________________
Remember? Papá?
_________________________________
Remember? Papá?
_________________________________
-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-PAPÁ: Miguel!
_________________________________
Mamá Coco, please!
Don't forget him.
_________________________________
-(KEYS JANGLING)
-(DOOR UNLOCKS)
_________________________________
-(KEYS JANGLING)
-(DOOR UNLOCKS)
_________________________________
What are you doing to that poor woman?
_________________________________
It's okay, Mamita. It's okay.
_________________________________
PAPÁ: What's gotten into you?
_________________________________
(SOBBING)
PAPÁ: What's gotten into you?
_________________________________
(SOBBING)
_________________________________
I thought I'd lost you, Miguel.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: I'm sorry, Papá.
MIGUEL: I'm sorry, Papá.
_________________________________
We're all together now.
That's what matters.
_________________________________
MIGUEL: Not all of us.
MIGUEL: Not all of us.
_________________________________
It's okay, Mamita.
_________________________________
Miguel, you apologize
to your Mamá Coco.
_________________________________
-(SNIFFLES) Mamá Coco?
-(THUDS)
-(THUDS)
_________________________________
Well? Apologize!
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Mamá Coco?
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Your papá, he wanted you to have this.
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(STRUMS GUITAR)
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(STRUMS GUITAR)
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-(GASPS)
-Mamá, wait!
-Mamá, wait!
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Though I have to say goodbye
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Don't let it make you cry
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♪ For even if I'm far away
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♪ I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you
I sing a secret song to you
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♪ Each night we are apart
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Though I have to travel far
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BOTH: ♪ Remember me
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♪ Each time you hear a sad guitar
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♪ Know that I'm with you
The only way that I can be
The only way that I can be
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♪ Until you're in my arms again
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♪ Remember me ♪
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(SNIFFLES)
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(SNIFFLES)
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Elena? What's wrong, mija?
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(SNIFFLES) Nothing, Mamá.
Nothing at all.
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My papá used to sing me that song.
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(SNIFFLES) He loved you, Mamá Coco.
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Your papá loved you so much.
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I kept his letters.
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Poems he wrote me. And...
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Papá was a musician.
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When I was a little girl...
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he and Mamá would sing
such beautiful songs.
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TOUR GUIDE: And right over here,
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one of Santa Cecilia's
greatest treasures.
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The home of the esteemed
song writer, Héctor Rivera.
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The letters Héctor wrote home
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for his daughter, Coco,
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for his daughter, Coco,
contain the lyrics...
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for all of your favorite songs.
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for all of your favorite songs.
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Not just Remember Me.
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(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
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MIGUEL: And that man
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
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MIGUEL: And that man
is your Papá Julio.
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And there's Tía Rosita
and your Tía Victoria.
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And those two are Oscar and Felipe.
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There aren't just old pictures,
they're our family...
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and they're counting on us
to remember them.
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MIGUEL: ♪ Say that I'm crazy
MIGUEL: ♪ Say that I'm crazy
or call me a fool
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-(DINGS)
-Enjoy your visit, Héctor.
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♪ But last night it seemed
that I dreamed about you
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-Papá!
-(CHUCKLES) Coco!
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♪ When I opened my mouth
what came out was a song
what came out was a song
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♪ And you knew every word
and we all sang along
and we all sang along
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♪ To a melody played
on the strings of our souls
on the strings of our souls
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♪ And a rhythm that rattled us
down to the bone
down to the bone
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♪ Our love for each other
will live on forever
will live on forever
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♪ In every beat of my proud corazón
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♪ Our love for each other
will live on forever
will live on forever
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(BARKS)
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(BARKS)
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♪ In every beat of my proud corazón
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♪ Ay mi familia
Oiga mi gente
Oiga mi gente
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♪ Canten a coro
Let it be known
Let it be known
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♪ Our love for each other
will live on forever
will live on forever
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♪ In every beat of my proud corazón
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♪ Ay mi familia
Oiga mi gente
Oiga mi gente
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♪ Canten a coro
Let it be known
Let it be known
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♪ Our love for each other
will live on forever
will live on forever
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♪ In every beat of my proud corazón
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(ALL CHEERING)
(CONTINUES SINGING IN SPANISH)
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(ALL CHEERING)
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
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♪ Don't let it make you cry
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♪ For even if I'm far away
I hold you in my heart
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♪ I sing a secret song to you
I hold you in my heart
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♪ I sing a secret song to you
Each night we are apart
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Though I have to travel far
Remember me
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♪ Each time you hear a sad guitar
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♪ Know that I'm with you
The only way that I can be
The only way that I can be
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♪ Until you're in my arms again
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♪ Remember me
_________________________________(CONTINUES SINGING IN SPANISH)
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♪ If you close your eyes
and let the music play
and let the music play
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♪ Keep our love alive
I'll never fade away
I'll never fade away
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♪ If you close your eyes
and let the music play
and let the music play
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♪ Keep our love alive
I'll never fade away
I'll never fade away
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♪ If you close your eyes
and let the music play
and let the music play
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♪ Keep our love alive
I'll never fade away
I'll never fade away
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♪ Remember me
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♪ For I will soon be gone
Remember me
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♪ And let the love we have live on
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♪ And know that I'm with you
the only way that I can be
the only way that I can be
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♪ So, until you're in my arms again
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Remember me
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♪ Remember me ♪
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