However, when tragedy strikes, Vivo becomes determined to deliver a love song from Andrés to Marta, setting off on an epic journey with an energetic tween named Gabi ( Ynairaly Simo). When Andrés receives a letter from Marta ( Gloria Estefan), the love of his life, announcing she’s retiring from music and offering him a chance to connect, Vivo is reluctant to help, as he’s happy with the life they’ve built together. Though they don’t speak the same language, their shared love of music makes them the perfect duo.

Vivo revolves around a kinkajou ( Lin-Manuel Miranda), a rainforest honey bear, who plays music with his owner Andrés ( Juan de Marcos González) in a lively town square. Runtime: 1 hr 35 min | Genre: Animated Musical Comedy | Director: Kirk DeMiccoĬast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldana, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry It is a film that defies easy categorization and becomes all the better for it, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in storytelling to remarkable effect. It is a love story wrapped in the embrace of animated body horror that becomes something far more profound. What it becomes is a gorgeous fable whose beautiful animation takes on both a surreal and sentimental quality that is only further complemented by its amazing score and outstanding performances. Flashing back and forth through time, we come to learn how this horrible injury happened while also following the hand’s perilous journey at the same time.

This is only the beginning, as the hand must now go on a quest to find its body again. One of the most stunning and imaginative works of animation of recent memory, I Lost My Body tells the strange yet deeply moving story of a severed hand that has escaped from where it is being held in a lab. Runtime: 1 hr 21 min | Genre: Drama | Director: Jérémy ClapinĬast: Hakim Faris, Victoire De Bois, Patrick d'Assumcao, Alfonso Arfi

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