Disney Movie ‘Encanto’ arrives today Thursday November 25 at the cinemas

Encanto, the Disney movie dedicated to Colombia opens today Thursday, November 25, in the cinemas of the country. This was announced by Cine Colombia on its social networks.

Disney Movie ‘Encanto’ arrives today Thursday November 25 at the cinemas

There is expectation among Colombians for the arrival of Encanto, a movie that promises to become an icon of the good things in Colombia

Encanto, the Disney movie dedicated to Colombia opens today Thursday, November 25, in the cinemas of the country. This was announced by Cine Colombia on its social networks.

According to Byron Howard, one of the directors of "Encanto", the animated Disney musical set in the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez was destined to be made in the country.

This is the trailer for Encanto:

That magic, along with biodiversity, music and the different ethnic groups that inhabit Colombia, among others, resulted in the perfect cocktail for Disney to choose the coffee country five years ago as the ideal setting for the Madrigal family.

"I think there is something in that narrative tradition that felt so organic that it was the optimal combination for a Disney movie where magic is present. But it is not European magic: it is magic linked to emotion and based on the experience of the real life, "underlines, with a thoughtful face, Howard (" Bolt ").

And the action takes place in "La Casita", a hacienda that evokes a mixture of traditional houses in the towns of Barichara, Cartagena and Salento, which from the beginning of this animated movie becomes, with a life of its own, one of the most important.

"The music, the lyrics, the songs all create a network of 'conversation' that also helps propel the actors and their characters to a higher level of 'storytelling'

PRESIDENT OF WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

Encanto is the 60th movie from Walt Disney Animation Studios and the first in the company's long history to focus, even a little, on Latin American culture (leaving aside the Pixar and Disney movie Coco, based mainly in Mexico; and The follies of the emperor set in Peru). On this, the executive producers of the movie Yvette Merino (Raya and the last dragon) and the president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Clark Spencer (Lilo & Stitch, Zootopia), commented in an interview with La Estrella de Panamá that the basis for making Charm a reality was "to show the vulnerability of the family and the strength that is gained by forming a home."

With few trips to Colombia to get to know its peoples and culture, Merino stressed that it was "a great challenge to be able to show glimpses of the best things in Colombia in just 90 minutes." "We want to show everything, but Colombia is so big, so rich, that we couldn't do it without having to sacrifice parts of the story, and the most important thing is always to show the best possiblemovie," he said.

Regarding the representation of the Latino community in Disney productions, Merino noted that "it has been a long process, but we are getting off to a good start." Merino, who has more than 25 years of experience in the development and production of Disney movies, pointed out the key was having the entire production team at Encanto: “Working with our engineers, animators and modelers, in addition to Jared [ Bush], Charise [Castro Smith] and Byron [Howard] was what we needed to get to the main message of the family, and that is that in Latin America the multigenerational culture is much more important, when all the cousins, uncles, aunts and everyone in the family intertwine and mingle on the weekends; they are real stories that our fellow Latinos were also able to tell to enhance the Madrigal story. "