Salma's Big WishSalma's Big Wish
(2019)
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Salma's Big Wish

A determined 16-year-old orphan in Mexico searches for her long lost parents with the help of her foster brothers.

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Why watch this film?

'Day of the Dead' is the first movie from director Carlos Gutiérrez and, unlike movies like 'Coco', from Pixar, or 'The Book of Life', from 20th Century Fox, it deals with one of the biggest traditions of Mexico from a 100% Mexican perspective. The script may not be perfect, but it has enough action and humor to entertain the little ones. In addition, it is a technical achievement for the animation industry of that country - and seeing more CGI animations from other countries than the US always brings a freshness to the seventh art. It is also a more positive and cheerful perspective on death, which can be a good pretext to address this inexorable characteristic of life with children.

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In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, lives Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents. The only story she's been told her whole life is that they abandoned her. Salma has spent most of her life dedicated to searching out clues for her parents' identity and their whereabouts with little to no luck, until she discovers a special book that is filled with stories of Santa Clara and the history of their people. With this new special book, Salma sets off onto an adventure with her two brave and heart-warming foster brothers, Jorge and Pedro, to find the missing links to her family's heritage in hopes to finally get to meet her long lost parents.

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