Encanto

### Release date(s)

November 3, 2021 (Bogota International Film Festival)November 24, 2021 (United States)

### Box office

$356.8 million

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* This is an AU page. This movie is Pixar's take on it.

Encanto is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

## Cast

* Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal: the 15-year-old protagonist who, unlike her family, does not have a special gift. Jared Bush described her as "imperfect and weird and quirky, but also deeply emotional and incredibly empathetic".
	+ Noemi Josefina Flores voices a 5-year-old Mirabel.
* María Cecilia Botero as Abuela Alma Madrigal: Mirabel's 75-year-old grandmother and the family matriarch. Her full name is not given in the film.
	+ Olga Merediz provides Alma's singing voice.
* John Leguizamo as Bruno Madrigal: Mirabel's 50-year-old ostracized uncle who has the ability to see the future.
* Mauro Castillo as Félix Madrigal: Mirabel's uncle and Pepa's husband. Félix is fun-loving but still responsible.
* Jessica Darrow as Luisa Madrigal: Mirabel's second oldest sister, who is 19, has superhuman strength, and is the tallest of the family. Luisa as someone who "carries all the burdens and never complains".
* Lorena Forteza as Julieta Madrigal: Mirabel's 50-year-old mother and Agustín's wife who can heal people with her cooking.
* Carolina Gaitán as Pepa Madrigal: Mirabel's 50-year-old aunt and Félix's wife whose mood controls the weather. She often creates rain and storms due to her strong emotions.
* Diane Guerrero as Isabela Madrigal: Mirabel's oldest sister, who is 21 and can make flowers bloom anywhere. She is considered the "golden child" of the family.
* Wilmer Valderrama as Agustín Madrigal: Mirabel's father and Julieta's husband, who is "accident-prone".
* Hunter Payton Mendoza as Camilo Madrigal: Pepa and Félix's 15-year-old son, Dolores and Antonio's brother, and Mirabel's cousin who can shapeshift. He "likes to imitate for the kicks".
* Julio Cezar Cirilo as Antonio Madrigal: Pepa and Félix's 5-year-old son, Dolores and Camilo's brother, and Mirabel's cousin who gained the ability to talk to and understand the animals. He looks up to Mirabel and considers her a big sister.
* Zendaya as Dolores Madrigal: Pepa and Félix's 21-year-old daughter, Camilo and Antonio's sister, and Mirabel's cousin, who has super-hearing.
* Maluma as Mariano Guzman, Isabela's fiancé and the Madrigal family's neighbor. At the end of the movie he starts dating Doloris.

Additionally, Rose Portillo voices Señora Guzman, Mariano's mother and the Madrigal family's neighbor; Alyssa Bella Candiani, Noemi Josefina Flores, Paisley Herrera, Brooklyn Skylar Rodriguez, and Ezra Rudulph voice the town kids; Juan Castano voices Osvaldo, a donkey delivery man who Bruno predicted would grow a gut which came true; Sarah-Nicole Robles voices Señora Ozma, a townsperson who once asked Luisa to reroute the river; John Ratzenberger voices a tourist; Miguel Gómez voices Pedro; Hector Elias voices Old Arturo, a townsperson who asks Alma about their fellow townspeople becoming anxious about the fading magic; Frank Welker voices Pico, a toucan who Bush described as "clueless"; and Jorge E. Ruize Cano voices Tiple Maestro.

## Plot

An armed conflict during the Thousand Days' War forces Pedro and Alma Madrigal, a young married couple, to flee their home village in Colombia with their infant triplets Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno. The attackers, who turned out to be a group of Colombian rebels; allegedly kill Pedro, but Alma and Pedro's wedding candle magically repels the attackers and creates Casita, a sentient house for the family located in Encanto, a magical realm, bordered by high mountains.

Fifty years later, a new village thrives under the candle's protection, and the candle's magic grants "gifts" to each Madrigal descendant at the age of five which they use to serve the villagers. However, Bruno, vilified and scapegoated for his gift of seeing the future, disappeared ten years earlier, while Julieta's youngest daughter, 15-year-old Mirabel, had mysteriously received no gift ("The Family Madrigal").

On the evening when 5-year-old Antonio gains the ability to communicate with animals, Mirabel suddenly sees Casita cracking and the candle's flame flickering, but her warnings go unheeded when Casita appears undamaged to the others. After overhearing Alma praying, Mirabel resolves to save the miracle's magic. The next day, she talks to her super-strong older sister Luisa, who confesses to feeling overwhelmed by her near-constant obligations ("Surface Pressure") then suggests that Bruno's room, in a forbidden tower in Casita, may explain the phenomenon.

There, Mirabel discovers a cave and barely escapes it with some pieces of a slab of opaque emerald glass in hand. Outside, Luisa discovers that her gift is weakening. After her family reminds her why Bruno is vilified ("We Don't Talk About Bruno"), Mirabel reassembles the glass and sees a picture of herself with Casita cracking behind her.

Later that evening, Mirabel's oldest sister Isabela, who can make plants and flowers grow at will, is scheduled to become engaged to neighbor Mariano Guzmán. Amidst Mariano's proposal and an awkward dinner, Dolores, who possesses superhuman hearing, reveals Mirabel's discovery to everyone, causing Casita to crack again, ruining the night and Mariano's proposal when the weather-controlling Pepa inadvertently conjures a downpour ("Turn It Down").

Amidst the chaos, Mirabel follows a group of rats and discovers a secret passage behind a portrait where she finds Bruno is hiding. Bruno reveals he never left the house, and that the vision changes between Mirabel saving and cracking the Casita, making him believe that she is the key to the Casita magic; refusing to let Mirabel get hurt, he broke the vision and disappeared. In Antonio's room, Bruno reluctantly conjures another vision that resembles the previous one, along with Mirabel embracing Isabela and strengthening the candle.

Mirabel reluctantly apologizes to Isabela, who abruptly confesses that she does not want to marry Mariano and is burdened by her image of perfection. Mirabel helps Isabela develop her powers and the two embrace ("What Else Can I Do"), but Alma sees the pair and accuses Mirabel of causing the family a lot of misfortune out of spite for not having a gift. Mirabel finally has enough and snaps at Alma for deeming her not good enough for the family, blaming her overbearing nature for weakening the family's magic. This argument creates a fissure that splits the nearby mountain and demolishes Casita as the candle extinguishes, leaving the Madrigals powerless. A devastated Mirabel runs away from the family, who scramble to find her.

Several hours later, Alma finds a tearful Mirabel back at the river where Pedro supposedly died and explains her tragic backstory and how, determined to preserve the magic, and partly due to her own upbringing, she ignored how her expectations were harming the family and finally accepts responsibility for what happened. Mirabel and Alma reconcile and the two, with Bruno in tow, assemble the Madrigals to rebuild Casita with the townsfolk joining in ("All Of You"). Mirabel installs a new doorknob to the main door, restoring the family's gifts, reviving Casita, and unknowing becoming the next miracle keeper. She and Bruno join the family for another photo.

In a post credits scene a tourist arrives at the encanto wondering what heck the he stumbled into. Mirabel then starts to explain the town's history with the tourist remarking he should get a job in "Encanto 2". The screen then cuts to a 20th century style town where Pedro is revealed to still be alive.

## Trivia

* Encanto is the second Pixar film to depict a Latino family. The first was Coco.
* Encanto is the second Pixar film that Lin-Manuel Miranda composed for the first being Moana.
* Encanto is Pixar's first musical.
* Pixar made this movie after turning down Disney's offer to make Raya and The Last Dragon.
* The twist of Pedro still being alive was inspired by the ending of Kung Fu Panda 2.