Ana Ofelia Murguía, the Mexican actor best known for voicing the titular character of Disney and Pixar’s 2017 animated movie “Coco,” died Sunday, Dec. 31, BBC News reports. She was 90.
“Coco,” which follows a young boy as he crosses over to the land of the dead during Mexico’s Día de los Muertos, won two Academy Awards, for best animated feature and original song for “Remember Me.” Murguía voices the aging Mama Coco, whose memory of her father is reignited by her great-grandson, Miguel. At the emotional climax, Murguía’s Coco sings the film’s central song, “Remember Me,” with Miguel.
“Coco” was lauded for its representation of Mexican culture and celebrated for its exploration of heavy subjects, like death, through the lens of a children’s movie.
Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature paid tribute to Murguía on X/Twitter, writing that her “career was vital for the performing arts of Mexico.
“Coco,” which follows a young boy as he crosses over to the land of the dead during Mexico’s Día de los Muertos, won two Academy Awards, for best animated feature and original song for “Remember Me.” Murguía voices the aging Mama Coco, whose memory of her father is reignited by her great-grandson, Miguel. At the emotional climax, Murguía’s Coco sings the film’s central song, “Remember Me,” with Miguel.
“Coco” was lauded for its representation of Mexican culture and celebrated for its exploration of heavy subjects, like death, through the lens of a children’s movie.
Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature paid tribute to Murguía on X/Twitter, writing that her “career was vital for the performing arts of Mexico.
- 1/1/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
This excerpt is from The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema (2021), by Jason Wood. It was conducted before the premiere of Franco's latest film, New Order (2020).As a director, screenwriter and producer, Michel Franco is a prolific figure in Mexican cinema. Daniel & Ana (2009), Franco’s debut feature as director, premiered at Cannes and established him as a film-maker with a forensic eye for detail and character. Franco is also incredibly attuned to contemporary issues in Mexican society, in this instance the rise of underground pornography. The winner of the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes, After Lucia (2012) continues the director’s interest in fractured family lives and how technology can act as a powerful and poisonous tool. A los ojos (2014), a collaboration with Franco’s sister Victoria, adopts a documentary aesthetic to explore the ends to which a parent will go to protect their child, whilst also examining how little...
- 8/11/2021
- MUBI
The Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences hosted the 61st edition of their Ariel Awards on Monday evening, where Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” and Alejandra Márquez Abella’s “The Good Girls” stood out among the winners.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cuarón’s “Roma” scooping best picture is that it’s only the second of his films to win an Ariel award, and the first to be nominated for best picture. In 1992 “Sólo con Tu Pareja” was nominated for best first work and screenplay, and won best original story. In 2001 he chose not to submit his Oscar-nominated classic “Y tu mamá también” in protest at the Academy’s voting practices.
By the end of the Monday evening however, “Roma” netted 10 prizes, including best director, supporting actress, photography, screenplay, editing, sound, art design, visual effects and special effects to go along with the best picture prize.
A festival darling over the past year,...
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cuarón’s “Roma” scooping best picture is that it’s only the second of his films to win an Ariel award, and the first to be nominated for best picture. In 1992 “Sólo con Tu Pareja” was nominated for best first work and screenplay, and won best original story. In 2001 he chose not to submit his Oscar-nominated classic “Y tu mamá también” in protest at the Academy’s voting practices.
By the end of the Monday evening however, “Roma” netted 10 prizes, including best director, supporting actress, photography, screenplay, editing, sound, art design, visual effects and special effects to go along with the best picture prize.
A festival darling over the past year,...
- 6/25/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to a quartet of awards titles — “Bent,” “Midaq Alley,” “All About Lily Chou-Chou” and “The Mad Adventures of ‘Rabbi’ Jacob,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The films will have limited theatrical releases, followed by digital and home entertainment releases in 2018 and early 2019 under the company’s three-year-old Classics label.
“We continue to expand our Classics imprint, and spend a great deal of time uncovering films that deserve to be reintroduced into North America” said Michael Rosenberg, president. “We’re thrilled to add these four films to our catalog, each of which stands the test of time, and delivers an original story, peerless filmmaking and memorable star turns.”
“Midaq Alley,” directed by Jorge Fons, won 49 international awards, including 11 Ariel Awards upon its release in 1995. The drama takes place in a rundown neighborhood in Mexico City where three people’s lives intertwine beginning one Sunday afternoon...
The films will have limited theatrical releases, followed by digital and home entertainment releases in 2018 and early 2019 under the company’s three-year-old Classics label.
“We continue to expand our Classics imprint, and spend a great deal of time uncovering films that deserve to be reintroduced into North America” said Michael Rosenberg, president. “We’re thrilled to add these four films to our catalog, each of which stands the test of time, and delivers an original story, peerless filmmaking and memorable star turns.”
“Midaq Alley,” directed by Jorge Fons, won 49 international awards, including 11 Ariel Awards upon its release in 1995. The drama takes place in a rundown neighborhood in Mexico City where three people’s lives intertwine beginning one Sunday afternoon...
- 6/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Mexican film industry is celebrating the new year with a new film festival. Kicking off in mid January 2015, the San Cristóbal de Las Casas International Film Festival (Ficsc) is set to be the first important event of the year and a great incentive to visit Chiapas. For their first edition (January 16 to 24), San Cristóbal de Las Casas is putting together an interesting lineup, which so far has in the retrospective dedicated to French-Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras its major attraction. Gavras, 81, is confirmed to personally present a fine selection of his work, composed of Z, The Confession, State of Siege, Missing, Music Box, and his latest picture Capital. A second retrospective is dedicated to Mexican director Jorge Fons, with screenings of such films as...
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- 12/17/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Mexican actor Jose Maria Yazpik has booked roles in two new independent films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Yazpik will star in Jorge Fons' "El Atentado" and Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried," opposite Ryan Reynolds. "Atentado" tells the true story of terrorist Arnulfo Arroyo (Yazpik) who attempts to assassinate Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1897. Filming is underway for "Atentado" in Mexico City. "Buried" stars Reynolds as a civilian contractor in Iraq who awakens in a coffin under the desert with only a cell phone, a candle and a knife. Yazpik will record the voice of an Iraqi soldier who sets up Reynolds. kidnapping. Peter Safran is producing with Adrian Guerra and Alejandro Miranda of Spain's Versus Entertainment.
- 12/4/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Jose Maria Yazpik has been cast in a pair of indie roles.
The Mexican actor, who recently appeared in Guillermo Arriaga's "The Burning Plain," will star in Jorge Fons' "El Atentado" and Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried," opposite Ryan Reynolds.
Based on the historical novel "El Expediente del Atentado," "Atentado" tells the true story of Arnulfo Arroyo (Yazpik), a young terrorist who in 1897 attempts to assassinate Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz. The film also stars Daniel Jimenez-Cacho and Irene Azuela and is being produced by Diego Lopez.
Filming has begun in Mexico City.
Written by Chris Sparling, "Buried" stars Reynolds as a civilian contractor in Iraq who awakens in a coffin under the desert, armed only with a cell phone, a candle and a knife. Yazpik will record the voice of an Iraqi insurgent who orchestrates the kidnap-for-ransom.
Peter Safran is producing with Adrian Guerra and Alejandro Miranda of Spain's Versus Entertainment.
The Mexican actor, who recently appeared in Guillermo Arriaga's "The Burning Plain," will star in Jorge Fons' "El Atentado" and Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried," opposite Ryan Reynolds.
Based on the historical novel "El Expediente del Atentado," "Atentado" tells the true story of Arnulfo Arroyo (Yazpik), a young terrorist who in 1897 attempts to assassinate Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz. The film also stars Daniel Jimenez-Cacho and Irene Azuela and is being produced by Diego Lopez.
Filming has begun in Mexico City.
Written by Chris Sparling, "Buried" stars Reynolds as a civilian contractor in Iraq who awakens in a coffin under the desert, armed only with a cell phone, a candle and a knife. Yazpik will record the voice of an Iraqi insurgent who orchestrates the kidnap-for-ransom.
Peter Safran is producing with Adrian Guerra and Alejandro Miranda of Spain's Versus Entertainment.
- 12/2/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Guadalajara, Mexico -- Mexican producer Monica Lozano has launched Alebrije Producciones, a shingle with a pair of features lined up this year.
Lozano, who also heads Mexico's Independent Producers Assn., said production will begin in several months on the Spanish- and English-language dramedy "Hombre de Piedra," the directorial debut of comedian Eugenio Derbez. Written by Guillermo Rios and Leticia Lopez Margali, the film, which will be shot in New York and Mexico, is budgeted at $5.5 million, a costly production by Mexican standards.
Also slated for production this year is the period piece "Expediente del Atentado," based on Mexican author Alvaro Uribe's book about a failed assassination attempt on former President Porfirio Diaz. Jorge Fons, helmer of the award-winning 1995 feature "Midaq Alley," is directing. Fernando Leon, a Mexican screenwriter who resides in Spain, is adapting the story.
Lozano said "Expediente" will cost $8 million, making it one of the most expensive Mexican productions to date.
Lozano, who also heads Mexico's Independent Producers Assn., said production will begin in several months on the Spanish- and English-language dramedy "Hombre de Piedra," the directorial debut of comedian Eugenio Derbez. Written by Guillermo Rios and Leticia Lopez Margali, the film, which will be shot in New York and Mexico, is budgeted at $5.5 million, a costly production by Mexican standards.
Also slated for production this year is the period piece "Expediente del Atentado," based on Mexican author Alvaro Uribe's book about a failed assassination attempt on former President Porfirio Diaz. Jorge Fons, helmer of the award-winning 1995 feature "Midaq Alley," is directing. Fernando Leon, a Mexican screenwriter who resides in Spain, is adapting the story.
Lozano said "Expediente" will cost $8 million, making it one of the most expensive Mexican productions to date.
- 3/23/2009
- by By John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MEXICO CITY -- Award-winning Mexican cinematographer Jorge Stahl Jr. died of a respiratory illness in his Mexico City home Monday. He was 82. During his 50-year career, Stahl was behind the camera on some 170 productions. In Mexico, he won five of the nation's prestigious Ariel awards for such pictures as "Pedro Paramo" and director Alfonso Arau's "Calzonin Inspector". He was also director of photography on several Hollywood films, including the 1954 production "Garden of Evil", starring Gary Cooper, and 20th Century Fox's "September Storm". At home, he worked under such big-name directors as Luis Bunuel, Jorge Fons and Arturo Ripstein. His first project, Ismael Rodriguez's "Cuando Lloran los Valientes", bowed in 1945. He went on to work on a slew of movies during Mexico's Golden Era of Film and well into the late 1980s. Stahl was an honorary member of the Mexican film academy. Family and friends attended a memorial service here Monday.
- 11/25/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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