Disney's latest animated feature film, "Encanto," will have people all over the world asking, "How well do we know our own families?"
Set in Encanto, nestled in the mountains of Colombia, the movie centers on the Madrigal family, each of whom gets a magical power when they're very young. Everyone, that is, except for Mirabel.
In the film, Mirabel must figure out how she fits into her own family -- a question so many people have pondered, including the filmmakers.
"It started out really personal. [Directors] Jared [Bush] and Byron [Howard] were the ones who came up with this idea and they started out by researching their own families," co-director Charise Castro Smith, who wrote the film with Bush, told "Good Morning America." "One of the big questions of the movie is, 'Do I really see my family for who they are?'"
"I think this is the first time that we've really tried to handle a large extended family," Howard added. "We have about a dozen principle characters who are very, very important to the story, and that was enormously challenging but the whole team really committed to that from the beginning."
Who are the characters?
• Mirabel ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actress Stephanie Beatriz): Mirabel is a young girl whom Bush described as "imperfect and weird and quirky, but also deeply emotional and incredibly empathetic" -- a character that required a multifaceted performance. "There are so many improvised moments that are in the movie; we were really lucky to have someone who could be that off the cuff," Bush said. Castro Smith added: "It also completed translated to her vocal performances. She has incredibly vulnerable moments singing, incredibly funny moments singing -- there was nothing she couldn't do." Mirabel's parents, Julieta and Agustín, are voiced by Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama, respectively. Actress María Cecilia Botero brings to life Mirabel's grandmother, or Abuela.
• Isabela ("Orange is the New Black" actress Diane Guererro): Isabela is Mirabel's older sister and, like so many siblings, they have a complicated relationship. "Isabela is smart and brilliant and so perfect that flowers bloom in footsteps. Anything she attempts to do is a success, which is the opposite of what Mirabel's experience has been in this family," Howard said. "She's in an extraordinary family where everyone is extraordinary, but Isabela is extra, extra extraordinary. It's delicious conflict." For Guerrero, the challenge was simultaneously playing a lovable character and an antagonist. "Diane nailed that," Bush gushed.
• Luisa ("Feast of the Seven Fishes" actress Jessica Darrow): Bush joked that Luisa, Mirabel's other sister, probably has "the biggest biceps in Disney history!" "She's the one that Mirabel relies on," Castro Smith explained. "She's the one in the family that's carrying all the burdens and never complaining." Castro Smith, who said that Darrow was perfect for the role "because she's tough but also [can be] really funny and vulnerable," added that the character's song is one of the standouts of the film. "It's a crazy visual showpiece," Howard noted. "It's just beautiful and colorful, and Jess really owns it."
• Pepa and Félix ("Narcos" actress Carolina Gaitán and singer Mauro Castillo): Pepa and Félix, Mirabel's aunt and uncle, are a couple rooted in balance. Pepa is "overly dramatic, overly emotional and, for better or worse, her magical gift is that her emotions control the weather," Bush said. "It goes from sunny to hailing to snow to rainbows... and her husband loves that about her. He's just there to have a good time!" Bush added that the voice actors were "hilarious together." "They are a fantastic, fun combination," he said.
• Dolores (singer-actress Adassa): Adassa made Dolores, the daughter of Pepa and Félix, a "standout character," Castro Smith said. "She's the one who's a little bit quiet but also knows everyone's dirt," she continued. "Lin fell in love with the character and he made room for her in some of these songs."
• Camilo ("Marvel's Runaways" actor Rhenzy Feliz): The character of Camilo came about because "we were interested in a teen who doesn't quite know who they are yet and are trying on a lot of different personas," Castro Smith said, adding that his power is shape-shifting. "Rhenzy is just perfect," she continued. "He was really funny."
• Antonio ("#BlackAF" actor Ravi-Cabot Conyers): "In this amazing family, when you receive your magical gift, what comes along with that is a new room for you to use your gifts in. As a member of the family who didn't get a gift, Mirabel didn't graduate from the nursery so she's been living [there] with Antonio, her youngest cousin," Bush said. "They have this really, really sweet, amazing relationship. She's almost a big sister to him." Bush added that Conyers makes Antonio "a character that people are really going to fall in love with."
What role does Colombia play?
Actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote music for the film, was "very keen to have it be a definitive Latin American Disney musical," Howard said. After careful consideration, they decided to set the movie in Colombia.
"It was the home of magical realism, which we love and really influenced the storytelling in the film, but also because Colombia is the crossroads of music, culture and ethnicity," he said.
Bush noted that to pay homage to the country, "every frame has something for people to find."
"There are a lot of textiles throughout the movie, which is great, but there are also tiny mannerisms that I'm hoping people [who] are Colombian see and go, 'I know what that means,'" he added.
Castro Smith said there are Colombian terms of endearment and phrases sprinkled throughout the dialogue too.
What will the music be like?
Miranda, who won the Pulitzer Prize for writing the Broadway musical "Hamilton," wrote several new songs for "Encanto" while composer Germaine Franco, who co-wrote the score to Disney's 2017 film "Coco," handled the score. Two of the songs are entirely in Spanish, and audiences can expect a variety styles of music too, the filmmakers said.
"So many of the songs are so character-specific and the musical styles that he chose are [as well]," Castro Smith said. "One of the first songs Lin wrote for the movie was about [Mirabel's] very strong sister and he chose a sort of reggaeton-inspired music. It really influenced her character. Jared and I took that character creation back into the script."
"We worked with him really closely and in a very seamless way," she continued. "He didn't just write the music; he really influenced a lot of the characters and a lot of the story as well."
What is one of the lasting messages of the film?
"Encanto" is a celebration of diversity in more ways than one, Howard said.
"We thought with an ensemble cast, what a great opportunity to show this family and how they have succeeded with their differences being so important," he said. "Everyone fulfills a purpose in this family and that's one of the beautiful things you discover in the film."
Where and when can the movie be seen?
"Encanto" hits theaters Nov. 24.
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Encanto aura droit à une sortie exclusive au cinéma sur 30 jours à partir du 24 Novembre prochain aux États-Unis. Puis, il sera disponible gratuitement sur Disney+ dès le 24 Décembre.
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Comme chaque année lors de la fête de la mi-automne, également connue sous le nom de fête de la lune, célébrée en Asie, Disney révèle des affiches exclusives. Voici celle d'Encanto :
Et nouvelle courte vidéo promo avec Mirabel et sa sœur Isabela :
Présentation d'Encanto pour le Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute avec la productrice Yvett Merino et la co-réalisatrice et co-scénariste Charise Castro Smith ! Avec de nouveaux visuels inédits, extrait, concepts-arts et un behind the scenes du voyage d'études en Colombie avec les réalisateurs, Byron Howard et Jared Bush, et Lin Manuel Miranda :
Jared Bush annonce la fin de production du 60ème film des Walt Disney Animation Studios !
Ces affiches sont très chouettes. Je remarque un homme un peu louche planqué dans l'ombre d'une colonne sur la première, dans les feuilles sur la deuxième...un antagoniste ? un nouveau grand méchant ? Vivement la bande-annonce !
L'univers est chouette mais ce qu'on nous présente de l'histoire a quand même pas l'air fou... J'ai du mal à être impatient.
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Je dois avouer qu'après la (relative) déception que fut pour moi Raya et le dernier dragon, je ne m'étais que très peu penché sur Encanto. Bon, comme Dash, l'enveloppe me plaît beaucoup à première vue et écoute, mais vu le peu qui est indiqué dans cette BA, j'ai de grosses réserves sur le contenu de l'enveloppe (traduction : le récit). J'espère qu'il y aura de vraies fondations à la base de l'histoire, notamment un vrai argument qui tient la route sur "pourquoi la magie est en danger ?", parce que cette BA ne m'en donne pas vraiment l'impression.
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Cette bande-annonce me donne très envie, personnellement! Ça m'intrigue beaucoup, j'ai l'impression que l'histoire va rester très loin à la maison, "la casita", mais on dirait que l'héroïne va quand même voyager. Je ne suis toujours pas très sûre d'où l'histoire va nous mener, mais les personnages ont vraiment des bonnes bouilles, je sens que leurs liens seront touchants. Et décidément, la musique a l'air superbe. Les affiches sont très jolies également!
J'adore cette bande annonce qui promet de la magie, un enchantement de couleurs, du mystère, beaucoup d'esprit familial et je suis déjà conquise par les Madrigal. Impatiente de découvrir ce film au cinéma.
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Je suis assez intriguée après cette bande annonce et je suis pressée d’enfin pouvoir revoir un Disney musical au cinéma. 🥰 Je trouve les personnages plutôt attachants à première vue et j’aime bien l’héroïne principale dont on peut facilement s’identifier j’ai l’impression.
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Walt Disney Animation Studios will release their new animated film, Encanto, on November 24, 2021. Vital Thrills got a chance to attend an early press day for the film and learned all about Disney Animation’s 60th feature. We’ve also got the new trailer and poster, which you can both view by scrolling down!
The movie tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal – every child except one, Mirabel.
But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. We spoke to director Byron Howard, director/writer Jared Bush, producer Yvett Merino, writer Charise Castro Smith and producer and Disney Animation President Clark Spencer for the event.
Spencer brought up the new songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and what the film means for the studio. “I have to tell you that at this moment, more than any other moment in my 30 years at Disney Animation, the creative storytelling, the visual storytelling, the subtlety and the nuance of animation, the technical innovation, and the drive to push the boundaries of what an animated film can be are at a level that I have never seen before.”
Spencer said that this was done during lockdown and the work came from over 1,000 homes. “It is a testament to the love of animation that is within everyone working at Disney Animation today.” It certainly is, with five years, eight internal screenings and, as Howard told us, “multitudes, multitudes of script drafts.”
We got to see a few clips, including several of the songs. The Madrigal family have been given magical gifts, but Mirabel, a 15-year-old girl, never got one.
The rest of the town is magic-less as well, but Mirabel feels left out of her magical family, including a woman who can lift anything, one who is perfection and trails flowers everywhere, another who can hear anything and a mysterious uncle with a gift that could change everything.
We also got to see test animation, character renderings and a look at the ceremony that each child goes through to receive their gifts. There were videos of real dancers creating the moves in some of the scenes, and how those were translated into animation.
One thing Howard stressed during the Encanto event is the connection the creators have to their families, which is a big part of what makes the story work. He also spoke about setting, saying, “Lin, Jared, and I talked about Latin America. And the more we talked about Latin America, especially the importance of family within the region, we wanted to learn about a place often described as the crossroads of Latin America, Columbia.”
The group, along with Miranda’s father Luis, headed out to Colombia. Bush called it, “…a melting pot of Latin culture and music and dance and art and food, with some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet, also the home of magical realism.”
Howard said, “On that incredible trip we visited Bogota, Cartegena, small towns like Barichara, Salenta-Salento and Palenque, and stunning natural landmarks like the Cocora Valley. One of the coolest things we were able to experience down in Columbia were areas like that secret forest that we were talking about.
“Areas of heightened spirituality, places of magic that some people call Encantos, hence the name of our movie. These are all over Latin America, usually in areas of natural wonder. Our friends in Columbia told us that magic happens in these places and always has. But not European magic, not wizards and wands, but magic tied to emotion and part of a tradition called magical realism.”
Though writer Castro Smith was there, Howard gave a quote from her on why she was drawn to this type of storytelling. He explained, “Here’s what she said, ‘The language of magical realism just makes visceral sense to me. It’s woven into my imaginative DNA. Growing up in Miami, a place where fact often felt stranger than fiction, the tall tale version of a story often felt like the best way to capture the reality of a given event, still does.'”
She added, “We got to work with magical realism… and when we infused magical into our story of family and thought about those Encantos, everything came alive, because we realized that if our family – the family in our story lived in one of these magical Encantos, maybe the children born there would be kind of special – but special in a way that is a nod to family dynamics that we can all relate to.
“So there’s a strong, dependable child who’s the rock of the family. There’s the perfect golden child whose happiness blossoms. There’s a quiet kid who’s not so comfortable talking to people, so he talks to animals. And there’s the worry wart who can see the future, but only sees the bad things.
“So as we thought about that, we had a big breakthrough, because we realized that the family’s house didn’t just have to be a house, because in an Encanto the house itself could have powers too. Bush added that, “like the ocean in Moana, the house of Encanto is a character – but opposed to Moana, our house is a little bit more opinionated and flawed like a family. It’s a house that plays favorites, a house that messes with people. This is casa Madrigal, the magical home to the Madrigal family, and it’s located within the Encanto, along with a small neighboring town. It’s alive with magic and its own unique personality.”
Each room has its own personality, tied to each member that lives there. Howard explains that there are three generations of Madrigals there, as well as, “…Mirabel our main character, and she is the only ordinary child in a family blessed with these amazing magical powers. After spending her entire life trying to measure up to the rest of the Madrigals, Mirabel finds that she is the only one who has the power to save her beloved family and their magical home.
Bush spoke about casting their lead. “Voicing our protagonist Mirabel is Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Stephanie Beatriz, who we are so lucky to have as part of this movie, who elevated it so much. I think, probably more than any other movie we’ve ever done, Mirabel really carries this story.
“It is about her, and she goes on this journey, and she has to be funny and human and empathetic, deeply emotional and quirky, and I think literally unlike anything we’ve ever put on screen before. And Stephanie not only nailed all of that, she brought her own personality to the character, ad libbed a ton of lines, and really elevated both this character and our movie considerably.”
Bush explained some of the other characters we’ll meet. “Mirabel has two older sisters – Isabela was gifted with the magical power that makes plants grow and flowers bloom. She’s Mirabel’s oldest sister. Her effortless grace and poise has made her the golden child of the family. But Isabela is much more than she seems, and secretly she feels trapped in her role as the perfect Madrigal.
“The other sister, strong, hardworking, and extraordinarily athletic is Luisa, the rock of the family whose magical gift is super strength, but Mirabel’s middle sister is also sensitive, secretly bursting with oversized emotions that conflict with her tough persona.”
Castro Smith said, “Playing these two incredible characters are Jessica Darrow as Luisa and Diane Guerrero as Isabela. So Jessica is a singular talent who we fell in love with immediately. She has an incredible sense of humor, warmth, and personality and has just made Luisa a really unforgettable character and we feel so lucky to have Diane as Isabela. She’s so brilliantly captured Isabela’s sweetness, her sisterly cattiness… and the complexity of a young woman feeling confined by a family role that doesn’t quite fit her.
“Mirabel, Isabela, and Luisa’s parents are Agustin and Julieta. Warm and nurturing, Julieta has the magical power to heal through food, and this makes her the Madrigal family caretaker. Agustin is a kind and slightly awkward fish out of water, having married into the Madrigal family.” Angie Cepeda plays Julieta and Wilmer Valderrama plays Augustin.
Howard continued, “Pepa and Bruno are Julieta’s triplet sister and brother and Mirabel’s aunt and uncle. Estranged from the Madrigal family, Mirabel’s uncle Bruno was gifted with visions of the future, he’s incredible. But when his family came to believe that Bruno’s visions were causing the misfortune he foresaw, he mysteriously disappeared from casa Madrigal.”
They joked that they “don’t talk about Bruno,” which is one of the songs in the film. They didn’t address it, but a recent film, Luca had the line, “Silencio Bruno,” so perhaps there is an issue with people named Bruno over at Disney Animation?
Moving on… Bush said, “Mirabel’s Tia Pepa, Aunt Pepa was gifted with the ability to control the weather with her emotions, which is not always great because she’s super emotional and overly dramatic at all times. So that creates some complications. Pepa is married to Felix, the life of the party, and together they have three children, cousins to Mirabel.
“We have the fabulous Carolina Gaitan playing Pepa and the wonderful Mauro Castillo playing Felix. Carolina was a delight to work with, and her performance as the mercurial and loveable Tia Pepa is just a real standout in the movie. And Mauro Castillo is a brilliant actor as well as a musician.”
Castro Smith said, “Felix and Pepa’s children are Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio. Dolores has been gifted with the magical ability of extraordinary hearing, so she often hears things that she probably shouldn’t. Camilo was gifted with the ability to transform his appearance at will.
“He’s a shape-shifter. And then last, but certainly not least, there is sweet Antonio who receives his magical gift which is communicating with animals. So he is very warm hearted and shy, and he’s Mirabel’s favorite cousin. And the two are very close.”
Howard said, “Delores is played by an amazing singer, Adassa, Rhenzy Felix plays Camilo… Delores has amazing hearing and she knows sort of all the gossip around town. She’s also a fascinating character.
“Lin was fascinated with Delores’ character and actually made room in some of the songs for her. She does an amazing job, and brought a great, quirky, fun energy to the role. And Rhenzy has that wonderful sort of this idea of a teenager who doesn’t quite know who he is – somewhere of a feeder kid, I would say.
“We have the adorable Ravi-Cabot Conyers playing Antonio. And as Charise mentioned before, his relationship with Mirabel is so key to what makes you love Mirabel. They trust each other. They’ve grown up together, and they both have a lot of understanding.”
Abuela Alma is the matriarch of the family, who received the gift of magic after her husband Pedro was lost, sacrificing himself for his family. Castro Smith explained, “Abuela Alma’s steely strength and single-minded determination to protect her family hasn’t wavered in the 50 years since she lost her husband.
“In our film abuela Alma is played by Maria Cecilia Botero, and our whole team just feels incredibly fortunate to have worked with Maria Cecilia in this role, because not only did she bring to life one of the most complex and nuanced characters in the entire film, she was also just a joy to work with and crafted a truly iconic performance.”
So, we’re talking about Bruno now. Don’t tell anyone! Bush said, “The one and only John Leguizamo plays Bruno, and we don’t wanna throw out too many spoilers today. But I will say that his performance is one of my favorites in the movie. This character is mysterious and interesting, and there’s lots to uncover about him as we move to the story.
“But I will say it’s John Leguizamo at his absolute best, what he was able to bring to Bruno. Another character where lots of ad libs and off-the-page material that he was able to bring to him, and maybe a little bit of singing. But we’ll figure that out down the road.”
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La bande-annonce est super chouette ! Ah, toutes ces couleurs, cette bonne humeur, ça fait du bien à voir Mirabel est un personnage très attachant, auquel on peut facilement s'identifier. Ce petit aperçu me donne vraiment envie de voir le film, alors que cela n'avait pas été le cas pour les précédents (Soul, Raya et Luca). J'espère que, malgré l'univers latino, ce sera différent de Coco.
Jared Bush a révélé que John Leguizamo jouera Bruno Madrigal, le mystérieux oncle de Mirabel exclus de la famille Madrigal et possédant le pouvoir de voir le futur.
Assez emballé par cette BA, l'univers a l'air chouette et les personnages attachants. Une sorte de Famille Robinson version latino et avec des pouvoirs. J'espère que l'histoire sera pas trop prévisible ou déjà-vu mais difficile de se faire une idée avec juste cette BA.
En tous cas j'ai adoré le clin d'œil à Hercule dans la BA (quand la meuf lance un âne dans les airs pour le rattraper, à l'instar d'Hercule lorsqu'il récupère Pénélope ^^
Ca sent la séquence musicale d'intro à la notre "Notre Terre" (Vaiana, la Légende du Bout du Monde) ou "Belle" (La Belle et la Bête).
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