Afternoon Session: 5 facts about ‘Charm’

Film of the afternoon session of Thursday, 27, “Charm” accompanies a Colombian family with unique gifts. While some can heal through food, talk to animals, predict the future, turn into anyone else and even control the climate, there is a single individual who takes the surname Madrigal who has received no power: Mirabel, a young man who even without any ability seen as extraordinary will be responsible for uniting everyone when danger comes.

Directed from Byron Howard and JARED BUSHthe plot marked to air from 15h25. Until then, the playground separated a list of 5 facts about the animation to check before watching the production on the small screens of your couch; Check it out:

1. Why Mirabel has no powers

Charm is the wonderful place hidden in the mountains where the magic house that houses the Madrigal is located. The place is blessed by the magic candle of Abuela Alma and this is where this family matriarch performs the ritual that grants the powers to family members, but when it was Mirabel’s turn, opening the “magic door” that would give him his gift, nothing happened.

In an interview with the Polygon portal, JARED BUSHdirector of the film, explained that the main reason for this happening is that the powers of the family are not the focus of the story.

“I think there is a lot of reasons to identify with Mirabel about being left out or feeling less than the others. Instead of putting some magic reason, I think it is clear that she needs to be for a good reason, ”he said. “This young woman did not receive the same opportunity as her extraordinary family. Empathy has been with her from the beginning. I love the reason that there is no explanation for lack of powers. ”

2. Charm does not have a villain

Unlike Disney seal stories such as “Peter Pan”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Lion King”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and so many others, “Charm” has no villain. It turns out that the main conflict of the plot happens due to the attitudes of Abuela Alma, who acts hard not for evil, but for fear that his family will go through difficulties again.

3. There is a song that emerged due to ‘Beauty and the Beast’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDHQntiby4

At the beginning of the movie, Mirabel sings “Family Madrigal”, track created by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA whose inspiration came out of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991). This is because, like the song “Bela”, the song serves to present the characters that will guide the story; Remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpqbcmku_6m

4. Won the Oscar

At the 94th Oscar ceremony, “Charm” was recognized as the best feature film animation. The title also competed for two more categories: best soundtrack (for the musical composition of Germaine Franco) and Best Original Song (for “Dos Oruguitas”, written by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA and interpreted by Sebastián Yatra), but did not take the golden statuette in those.

5. You can gain a sequence

In March 2022, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA He revealed that a sequence of charm is “a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if'”, and reveals that there is much to explore about the Madrigal family. “See where we leave the story: They all have become more fulfilled versions of yourself, so where can we go now?”

He also left open in what format the continuation may arise. “What form is this going to take: another movie? One series? Maybe we go to the theater … We haven’t talked about it yet, but of course I would keep going on this story. I love writing to these characters,” he added.

Already in October of the same year, the Disney CEO, Bob Chapekhe referred to the feature as “the beginning of a new franchise” in a conversation with shareholders published by Businesswire, reflecting that new twists of history could be brought even in streaming.