Encanto

“	there’s a little magic in all of us …almost all of us	”
—Tagline

This article is about the film. For the location, see Encanto (location). For the soundtrack, see Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Encanto is an American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the 60^th Disney animated movie. Directed by Jared Bush and Bryon Howard, it was released theatrically on November 24, 2021 and by streaming service on Disney+ on December 24, 2021.

The film has a heavy focus on Latino cultures, especially Colombian culture.

Synopsis

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super-strength to the power to heal—every child except for Mirabel Madrigal. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.

Plot

When Alma Madrigal is escaping from terrorists, her husband Pedro Madrigal is slain, but she manages to rescue her children, Julieta Madrigal, Pepa Madrigal, and Bruno Madrigal. The candle she was holding at the time was enchanted and blessed by a miracle to make up for the then-future Abuela's loss. Abuela's new house flourishes and thrums with magic. Julieta was given the power to heal through her food at the age of 5, and Pepa could affect the weather due to her emotions. Lastly, Bruno was given the gift - or curse - to predict the future, but everyone thought that Bruno was making the bad predictions happen on purpose, for example, at Pepa and Félix's wedding, he says that it looks like it is about to rain which triggers Pepa and her powers go haywire, making a hurricane". Finally, tired of being criticized, Bruno runs away from home.

Soon, Julieta gives birth to 3 children, Isabela, Luisa, and finally Mirabel. Isabela received the gift to make flowers and other plants, Luisa Madrigal was given the gift of super strength, and Mirabel was not given any gift.

During Antonio Madrigal's gift ceremony, Mirabel sees cracks in the Casita that no one else sees. Abuela pretends not to care about Mirabel's claims, while later in the night she begs Pedro for help, hoping Mirabel was wrong. Abuela asks her husband how to save the miracle, and Mirabel decides that she will save it. She then asks Dolores, Pepa and Félix's only daughter, for help, and she says that she knows nothing about the magic, but that Luisa was nervous about something which could be related to the magic. Mirabel confronts Luisa and her older sister says that she should go to Bruno's tower and that when Mirabel mentioned the cracks and the candle almost going out, she felt weak. Mirabel goes to Bruno's tower, narrowly escaping his vision cave when it starts to fill with sand, and finds the vision. When the Guzmáns come over to make plans for their son Mariano's proposal to Isabela. Mirabel gets caught and everyone learns about the vision.

After that, Mirabel finds Bruno in the walls of Casita and convinces him to have another vision. He sees a butterfly and Mirabel hugging Isabela. Mirabel does what he says hesitantly and the cracks start to disappear and the candle grows brighter. But then, Abuela and Mirabel argue, and the house breaks down. Later, Mirabel runs away and Abuela finds her. Abuela tells her story to Mirabel, telling her she lost sight of who the miracle was supposed to be for, and they hug, and Bruno returns home. With the help of everyone in town, they build the Casita back. Apparently, they all had made a doorknob for Mirabel, and she places it on the door, which brought the magic of the Casita back. The front door manifested a portrait of the whole family together.

Cast

Main

Mirabel Madrigal - Stephanie Beatriz
- Young Mirabel - Noemi Josefina Flores
Alma Madrigal - María Cecilia Botero
- Singing voice - Olga Merediz
Bruno Madrigal - John Leguizamo
Félix Madrigal - Mauro Castillo
Luisa Madrigal - Jessica Darrow
Julieta Madrigal - Angie Cepeda
Pepa Madrigal - Carolina Gaitán
Isabela Madrigal - Diane Guerrero
Agustín Madrigal - Wilmer Valderrama
Camilo Madrigal - Rhenzy Feliz
Antonio Madrigal - Ravi Cabot-Conyers
Dolores Madrigal - Adassa

Secondary

Mariano Guzmán - Maluma
Señora Guzmán - Rose Portillo
Osvaldo - Juan Castano
Señora Ozma - Sarah-Nicole Robles
Old Arturo - Hector Elias
Pico (credited as "Toucan") - Alan Tudyk
Tiple Maestro - Jorge E. Ruiz Cano
Town Kid - Noemi Josefina Flores, Alyssa Bella Candian, Paisley Day Herrera, Brooklyn Skylar Rodriguez
- Pumped Juancho - Ezra Rudulph

Music

Main article: Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

On June of 2020, Lin-Manuel Miranda had started to write the film's music, which would contain eight songs that are both in English and Spanish.^[4]

Songs

Trivia

This will be the second time that Lin-Manuel Miranda has worked on a Walt Disney Animation Studios film, after Moana.
This will be the first Disney Animated Canon film to be produced by more than one person since Big Hero 6.
This will be the second Disney Animated Canon film to be released on November 24, after Tangled.
This will be the second Disney or Pixar animated film to have a 1.85.1 aspect ratio after Luca.
This will be the third Disney or Pixar movie that includes a character named 'Bruno', after Cinderella and Luca
- This will also be the second Disney or Pixar movie to have a character Bruno that relates to speaking, since Luca had 'silencio Bruno' and Encanto has the song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno'
This will be the fourth Disney Animated Canon film to explore Latin American culture, after Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros and The Emperor's New Groove.
This will also be the first Disney Animated Canon film to center on one specific Latin American culture, as Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros were package films with shorts taking place in multiple Latin American countries and The Emperor's New Groove never made its exact location clear.
The word Encanto comes from Spanish and means charm, spell, or enchantment. It is both used as a way to tell a magic incantation and as an adjective for "sweetheart".
- This is the second Disney Animated Canon film to have a foreign title. The first being Saludos Amigos.
This'll be the first Disney Animated Canon film with a 1:85:1 aspect ratio since Winnie the Pooh.
This is the fourth Disney Animated Canon film with a protagonist who wears glasses after Milo from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the eponymous character in Chicken Little (film), and Lewis in Meet the Robinsons but the first of such movies with a female glass-wearer in the lead role.
This is the second film from the Disney Animated Canon to feature a human female protagonist debuting in 2021, after Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon.
- This will be the first time in Disney history that two human female protagonists from two different Disney Animated Canon films will debut within the same year.
- This is Disney's third animated film to release on November 24th, after Toy Story 2 (1999) and Tangled (2010).
- This is the second Disney animated Canon film to have a foreign title. The first being Saludos Amigos.
- Second computer-animated Disney film directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, after Zootopia (2016), five years prior.
Encanto won a 2021 Golden Globe for "Best Animated Feature Film".^[5]
Encanto is nominated for three 2022 Academy Awards for "Best Animated Feature Film", "Best Original Score", and "Best Original Song" for the song "Dos Oruguitas"^[6]
- Encanto won the award for "Best Animated Feature Film".