Coco Page #3

ABUELITA:

No music!!

EXT. STREET - EVENING

A trio of gentlemen serenade each other as they stroll by the

family compound.

MUSICIANS:

(singing)

AUNQUE LA VIDA--

6.

Abuelita bursts out of the gate and chases them away.

ABUELITA:

NO MUSIC!!!

Terrified, the musicians stumble as they run away.

MIGUEL (V.O)

I think we're the only family in

México who hates music...

INT. RIVERA WORKSHOP - DAY

We see the Rivera family tinkering in the shoe shop, no music

to be heard. Miguel jogs past them.

MIGUEL (V.O.)

And my family's fine with that...

He grabs his shine box, and heads out of the shoe shop.

MIGUEL (V.O.)

But me?

MAMÁ

Be back by lunch, mijo!

MIGUEL:

Love you, Mamá!

Once outside, Miguel makes his way through the small town of

SANTA CECILIA - MORNING

MIGUEL (V.O.)

I am NOT like the rest of my

family...

He passes a woman sweeping a stoop.

WOMAN:

Hola, Miguel!

MIGUEL:

Hola!

He passes a band of musicians playing a tune. Miguel joins

with some air guitar and the further down the street he goes,

the more instruments and sounds layer in. The bells of the

church chime in harmony, a radio blares a cumbia rhythm.

7.

Running past a food stand, Miguel grabs a roll of pan dulce

and tosses the vendor a coin.

MIGUEL:

Muchas gracias!

STREET VENDOR:

De nada, Miguel!

As Miguel passes all these scenes, the music synthesizes and

he can't help but tap out rhythms along a table of alebrijes.

The fantastical wooden animal sculptures each play a

different tone like a marimba. Miguel finishes with a SMACK

on a trash can, out of which a pops up a scrappy hairless

Xolo dog. The dog, DANTE, barks and jumps up to lick Miguel,

who laughs.

MIGUEL:

Hey, hey! Dante!

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