![]() ![]() Their wedding is interrupted by Chakal, who leads his army to San Angel to find the Medal, which had once been in his possession. Meanwhile, María awakens from her coma, learns of Manolo's death, and reluctantly accepts Joaquín's proposal. Xibalba sets Manolo against a giant bull skeleton made from the skeletons of every bull slain by the Sanchez family and challenges him to defeat it. Furious, La Muerte lectures Xibalba before offering a new wager at Manolo's request: Manolo's life will be returned if he completes a challenge of Xibalba's choosing, but if he fails, he will be forgotten and Xibalba will keep both realms. He takes them to the Land of the Forgotten, where they find La Muerte at Xibalba's castle and expose his cheating. ![]() The Candle Maker sees that Manolo's story in the Book of Life is blank because he has not been writing the story that has been written for him. Inside, he meets the Candle Maker, the overseer of mortal lives and keeper of the Book of Life. Furious but determined to return to María, Manolo travels to the Cave of Souls to consult La Muerte. He smugly reveals to Manolo that María did not die because she was only bitten once by his snake and therefore survived, while Manolo was bitten twice and died. They travel to La Muerte's castle to look for María but discover Xibalba, who is now the ruler of the realm because he won the wager. In the Land of the Remembered, Manolo reunites with his mother and his ancestors. Devastated by María's death, Manolo allows Xibalba to kill him, believing that he will be reunited with María in the Land of the Remembered, where souls go after death and stay as long as they are remembered by their family and friends that live on. When Manolo brings Maria's body to the town, Joaquín and Ramiro angrily blames him for her death. María and Manolo profess their mutual love before dawn but are interrupted when Xibalba sends his dual-headed snake staff, which bites her and sends her into a coma. That night, María is pressured by her father to marry Joaquín so he can protect San Angel from the Bandit King Chakal. Manolo dreams of becoming a musician but his aspirations are suppressed by his father Carlos, who trains him to be a bullfighter, as it is a Sanchez family tradition.Īt Manolo's first bullfight, he defeats the bull but refuses to kill it, angering his father and the crowd but impressing María. Years later, the day María returns to San Angel, Joaquín has become a military hero with the Medal's aid. María's father, General Posada, sends María to Spain to become a "lady" after she frees pigs destined for slaughter. That same night, Xibalba secretly cheats by giving Joaquín his Medal of Everlasting Life, which grants the wearer invincibility. ![]() They strike a wager: if María marries Manolo, Xibalba will no longer interfere in mortal affairs, but if she marries Joaquín, La Muerte and Xibalba will swap realms. On the Day of the Dead, La Muerte, the ruler of the Land of the Remembered, and Xibalba, ruler of the Land of the Forgotten, see two young boys named Manolo Sánchez and Joaquín Mondragon competing for the love of their friend María Posada. Mary Beth, a museum tour guide, takes a group of school detention students on a secret museum tour, telling them the story of a Mexican town called San Angel from the Book of Life, a mythical book that holds every story in the world. ![]() The film grossed $100 million on a $50 million budget. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The Book of Life premiered in Los Angeles on October 12, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 17, 2014. Based on an original idea by Gutierrez, the story follows a bullfighter who, on the Day of the Dead, embarks on an afterlife adventure to fulfill the expectations of his family and friends. It features the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, and Channing Tatum with supporting roles by Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, and Kate del Castillo. Gutierrez, it was produced by Guillermo del Toro, Brad Booker, Aaron D. The Book of Life is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation, Reel FX Animation Studios, and Chatrone, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. ![]()
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