Papel picado is the colorful perforated tissue paper that is usually found hanging in Mexican restaurants to provide a festive atmosphere. There are no flowers depicted in Coco's Land of the Dead, except for marigolds brought back by the ancestors. "The marigold bridge literally connects those two worlds and that is building on the mythology of marigold petals representing the path to family," said Harley Jessup, Coco production designer. The marigold bridge is used by ancestors to cross over into the land of the living on the Day of the Dead. "We came up with the idea that what if there was a literal bridge made of marigolds." "They felt so iridescent, even at night," said Coco story artist Dean Kelly, who liked the way the flowers combined with the glow given off by candles. In his pursuit to become a singer, Miguel finds himself trapped in the spirit world and will need the help of his ancestors to get him back to the Land of the Living. In the film, Day of the Dead is the only time the spirits of family members can return to the Land of the Living to visit their loved ones. Miguel pursues his dream on Dia de Los Muertos, a celebration dating back to pre-Columbian times that honors deceased family members. That presents a big problem for Miguel because he wants to be a musician and secretly worships the country's biggest singing idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. It is about a young boy named Miguel whose family comes from a long tradition of shoemakers that shun music out of respect for their great-great-grandmother. That started the first little seed of me thinking there had never been a film about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)," he said.Ĭoco is based in Mexico. "We were in the Mexico Pavilion and I was looking at some paper mache sculptures. For Disney-Pixar director Lee Unkrich, it happened during a visit with his family to Epcot at Walt Disney World in 2011. For Pixar director Lee Unkrich it happened during a visit with his family to Epcot at Walt Disney World in 2011.
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