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Hello listeners, I'm Martina Castro and

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we're back with another episode of

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Duos Film Club, the newest season

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of the Duolingo Spanish Podcast. This

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season we're exploring some of the most

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iconic Spanish language films and whether

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you've seen them or not, you're going to

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learn what makes these movies so special in

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our signature bilingual format. Our

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movie pick today is a family favorite,

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Coco. I bet most of you

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have seen it, but chances are you watched it in

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English. I did. It

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was originally released in English in 2017 and

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it won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature,

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but Disney and Pixar also made a

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Spanish version with Mexican voice actors. And

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that's the version of the movie we're discussing today.

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Coco is an iconic film because it

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captures one of the most important celebrations

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in Mexican culture, the Day of the

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Dead or El Dia de los Muertos.

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Since Mauricio Garcia, you may have heard

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him in an earlier session of Duos

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Film Club while he's back again to

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share his expertise in Mexican cinema and

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guess what? Mauricio was

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born and raised in the very region

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of Mexico that inspired the movie. Me

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chuacán. So

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grab some popcorn and stick around because Mauricio

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will be giving us an inside look at

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Coco that you won't find anywhere else. And

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if you plan to watch the movie, it's

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rated PG, so it's family friendly, just like

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our episode today. Before

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we dive into the film, there's a really important

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aspect of Mexican culture we have to talk about first.

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It's the celebration of El Dia de los

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Muertos. It

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happens every year in November when families

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create an altar, or altar,

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to honor their ancestors, or

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ancestors, who have passed on. It's

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a tradition that Mauricio has celebrated ever since

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he was a kid. All

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of the families are in an altar,

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and they have photos of those who

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don't have them. They

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have their own bellas, the majority

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of these people, and many florists

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of color. It's a tradition that

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can be found in the

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altar of the cats. It's the

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idea of the ancestors to find

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the families. So

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now that you know about El Dia de los Muertos, which

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is basically the back trap of the entire movie, we can

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dig a little deeper. Coco tells the story of Miguel,

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a 12-year-old boy who lives in a small Mexican town.

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He absolutely loves

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to play the guitar and to

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sing. But his family wants him to

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have nothing to do with music, because

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one of his ancestors was a

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musician who abandoned the family. Still,

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Miguel is determined to follow his

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singing dreams. Then, on El

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Dia de los Muertos, something magical

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happens. He journeys to the

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land of the dead. While

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he's in the land of the dad

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begins has to find his idol or

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eternal at a mess so that apple's

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because he's convinced that the same as

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singer is also his along. Last great

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great grandfather. And while

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me get is there he meets another

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important character. A trickster named

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accept. Me: Good

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comey answer. I splurge out eluned a

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little more to disconnect. have some level

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stuff reasons with Amelia is important

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but I'm or guess when you.

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recent meeting things they lack loses his

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ancestor is because of an old family

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photo and the photo we see me

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against great great grandfather standing next to

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a guitar but his face is missing

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which fuels me games search even more

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body so explains why family photos are

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essential to the holiday is the other.

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victorious is to get a mood to like

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luckily cooler. Ah, You.

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Know they use his me doesn't get. The

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film director the Modi Suit as mentioned is

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as a D and Molina. He has always

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stayed connected with family's roots in Mexico and

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even feel that in his work during his

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research funding and discovered that certain regions of

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Mexico have their own special. Good tools

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for the evidence. Next month. Ago.

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Mauricio is from. An

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entire town illuminated by

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candlelight. How beautiful. Who

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wouldn't love to see that? Miduacán

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has such a rich heritage that it's

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often called the soul of Mexico. And

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so many aspects of coco are inspired by the

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small town life there. For example,

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Miguel comes from a family of shoemakers, or

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sapateros. But

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I know that the person who lives here

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is the family. Miguel,

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in his past, in his dreams,

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is a boy and is a boy. Coco.

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In the past, we have been

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working with the family of rural

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Mexican families, with a

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profession that has generations and generations.

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This attention to detail makes coco

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stand out. It was Pixar's

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first film to feature Mexican culture, and

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the team wanted everything to be

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authentic, including the music. It

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was so good that coco won an

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Oscar for Best Original Song in 2018.

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Mm-hmm. And

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the way the Mexican

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music is developed

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in the world

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world in the world

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globe in that

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world it is is

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this is is

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is is

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Now let's move on to a language learning moment in

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the film to deepen your cultural understanding. In our segment Found's

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Play Or press

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play. Today

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we have a clip from one of the opening scenes critos

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is so important. In

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the opening scene she's referring to the family's

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altar. Okay, here we go. Hello,

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friends, how are you? I'm

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very happy to be here. I'm very happy

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to be here. And

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you are very happy to see us. We love

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you, friend. I want to be

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with you, friend. This is very

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important. If we want to be with

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you, we have to prepare ourselves.

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And we have to explain to you

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what the truth is. In

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this clip, we hear Miguel's grandmother talking

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about their family altar, and she shows

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him how it's decorated with flowers, food,

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candles, and photos of

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their ancestors. Then,

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at the end of

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the scene, Miguel's grandmother says something really

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important. That

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sentiment really hit home for Mauricio.

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While on the surface, Coco looks like a

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movie about a journey, he

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says it's ultimately a story about

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identity. Miguel

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Hijo, whether

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you've seen Coco or not we're pretty sure

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today's Dato Scuriosos will teach you something new

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about the movie. We asked our guest Mauricio

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to share some of his favorite fun facts

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about Coco and he has some really good

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ones. Number one

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the inspiration behind Miguel's loyal furry

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friend Dante is a breed of

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hairless dog that has existed in

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Mexico for thousands of years. They're

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called Cholo Dogs and to get

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Dante exactly right Pixar animators brought

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real-life Cholo Dogs to the studio.

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Fun fact number two is about the music and

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Coco. Remember the character Ernesto de la

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Cruz the singer well he's

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actually inspired by two real-life

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Mexican cinema legends Jorge Negrete

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and Pedro Infante. Okay

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last one number three originally the

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movie was going to be called Dia

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de los Muertos and Disney

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tried to trademark the title which of

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course is also the name of the

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holiday this ignited a best. Because

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many Mexican Americans felt like it was

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cultural appropriation, so Pixar changed

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the name. But

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they didn't have much to say.

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But they also said that Mexican Americans lived

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in these two spots. And, hey,

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I'm curious. María

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Salud, Víbio, hasta los sientos, no ebe

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años. By

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the end of the movie, Miguel

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realizes that his great-great-grandfather really is...

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Hector. The trickster who becomes

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his friend. And it turns

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out that everyone was wrong. Hector never abandoned

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his family. He was betrayed by his friend,

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and ever since he had been wandering the

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land of the dead, trying to find a

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way back to his loved ones. It's

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a surprise ending that challenges the stereotype

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in a lot of Mexican movies. It's

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interesting because in one of Mexican's,

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the father abandoned his family, and

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the mother was killed by the

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sick. In

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this particular case, I have to say, but,

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Luego, the one who didn't

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know about it, he turned all

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the abandoned. And,

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Luego, in the ultimate

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part of the family, we have

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all the family, all the people

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and all the mothers. He

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has a lot of music. It's

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such a sweet ending for the movie. And

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for today's session of Duo's Film Club,

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thank you to our guest critic, Mauricio Recia.

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He currently works in Mexico City as an

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editor at Eddisones Calle Larena. Gracias

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por compartir con migo esta

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pelicula. Nos vemos. This

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episode was written by Tali Goldman, a journalist

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and writer based in Buenos Aires. Next

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week, we are going to wrap up

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this season of Duo's Film Club with

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a cult classic from Cuba, Teresa y

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Chocolaté. Check it out if you want

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to get ready before our final episode is out.

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