![]() They travel to La Muerte's castle, discovering Xibalba, now the ruler of the realm, who explains the bet and smugly reveals that María didn't die because she was only bitten once and therefore survived. In the Land of the Remembered, Manolo reunites with his mother and his ancestral family. Devastated by María's apparent death, Manolo allows Xibalba to kill him, believing he will be reunited with María in 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 and San Angel's mayor, General Ramiro Posada, to marry Joaquín for his protection from the Bandit King Chakal. At Manolo's first bullfight he defeats the bull but refuses to kill it, angering Carlos and the crowd but impressing María. Years later, María returns to San Angel, Joaquín has become a military hero with the Medal's aid, but Manolo's musical aspirations are suppressed by his father Carlos, who trains him to be a bullfighter in their family tradition. María is sent to Spain to become a "lady" after freeing pigs destined for slaughter. However, Xibalba 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, ruler of the Land of the Remembered, and Xibalba, ruler of the Land of the Forgotten, see Manolo Sánchez and Joaquín Mondragon competing for the love of María Posada. Mary Beth, a museum tour guide, takes a group of school detention students on a secret museum tour, telling them, with wooden figures, the story of a Mexican town called San Angel from the Book of Life, holding 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. Berger, and Carina Schulze produced the film. Guillermo del Toro, Brad Booker, Aaron D. It was produced by Reel FX Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, and Chatrone, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Gutierrez and written by Gutierrez and Doug Langdale. The Book of Life is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Jorge R. ![]()
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