The Legend of the Nahuala
Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil witch known as the Nahuala.
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- Cast:
- Fabrizio Santini , Martha Higareda , Andrés Bustamante , Jesús Ochoa , Rafael Inclán , Ofelia Medina , Manuel Valdés
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Sadly Over-hyped
Memorable, crazy movie
A Masterpiece!
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
I don't want to be called "malinchista", I would really like an animation industry in Mexico, but (with this kind of movies) It seems an impossible dream."The Nahuala's legend" shows several Mexican customs. Unfortunately, It just focus in this aspect. The plot is lame, but in the opinion of several compatriots, It's wonderful just because the character eat "alegrías". That's why the Mexican movies are mediocre.The characters are not funny and their horrible voices are annoying. The animation level IS NOT PROFESSIONAL. Sixty years ago, the Fleischer brothers developed better animation than the one We can see in this movie.If you want to support the Mexican movies, demand for quality in them.
The movie represents a magic world of Puebla, Mexico about 1700. It is full of colors and some of the most important buildings of the city appear. The film is Plenty of Mexican symbols and folklore. It makes the film quite interesting and different.The legend can be little bit scary for small kids because touches some of the black legends of Mexico. However is not so bad.The actors who lend their voices make a very interesting performances, almost all of them are very well recognized.Special mention for the music, which is delicious.I am afraid that not Mexicans won't completely understand it and therefore won't enjoy fully the film, nevertheless, it should be seen, because it will give the opportunity to learn a little bit more about Mexico in a nice way.
I'm a big fan of Mexican movies, but this was a total crap.Bad and dumb jokes, so few laughs. I think this is the main factor and it failed at it. Not even recommended for kids.Bad animation (3 fps approx), if you're going to place a 2D cartoon in to the cinema market at LEAST make sure it has 20 fps or more, so it won't look sooo old.I give 3 stars to this movie for the drawings of puebla which were very accurate and the voices of characters which were good, but besides of that, the movie is a waste of time, do any other thing but don't watch this.
I'm a big fan of several of the big name actors (Mexican) that lent their voices for characters in this movie and went into the theater with high expectations.I couldn't believe how bad this movie was. Voices were OK, but the movie is definitively geared toward kids not a day over 4 years, and then it may prove scary for them. Jokes were dumb and animation seemed cheap to the point of not being funny anymore.People who remember that old TV show "Cantinflas Show" may remember that type of animation as interesting when it was done... 25 years ago, not today.Definitively not funny, not entertaining and not even worth the 30 minutes I spent before leaving the theater.Ignacio