Qianjiang Evening News·Houri News Reporter Lu Fang reported on October 17 that María Salud Ramírez Caballero, the prototype of the grandmother "Coco" in the Pixar animated film "Dream Searching for Dreams", passed away in Mexico at the age of 109. Not long ago, she celebrated her

Qianjiang Evening News·Houri News Reporter Lu Fang

On October 17th, María Salud Ramírez Caballero, the prototype of the grandmother "Coco" in the Pixar animated film " Dream Journey ", died in Mexico at the age of 109. Not long ago, she celebrated her 108th birthday in Santa Fe Laguna, Mexico, where she lived for a hundred years.

"Dream Search" is inspired by Mexico's Day of the Dead. It tells the story of a little boy MiG who loves music and a down-and-out musician ACTO , who starts a wonderful adventure in the colorful and mysterious world.

Coco is MiG's grandmother and the connection point between the undead and the human world. When she was very young, her father was gone. Although she was a little confused now, she still did not forget her father. In the movie, MiG sang the song "Remember Me" in order to awaken the memory of her grandmother, which was very touching. In reality, the old lady is wearing cute braids like the characters in the film.

This film is the 19th animated feature film of Pixar Animation Studio . It is jointly produced by Walt Disney Film Studio and Pixar Animation Studio, directed by Lee Ann Krich and Adrian Molina, and participated in the dubbing by Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Blatt , Gale Garcia Benard , Renee Victor and others. On March 5, 2018, "Dream Search" won the Best Animation Feature Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

"Dream Searching for Dreams" was released in mainland China on November 24, 2017 and re-screened in mainland China on July 20, 2020. It won a box office of 1.23 billion yuan and a box office of 813 million US dollars worldwide.

Although the film company did not officially confirm that María was the prototype of the corner of the grandma, her family said that a Pixar team had visited the local area, took many photos of her and lived with her for a while.

It is reported that after "Dream Search" became popular, many people traveled thousands of miles to visit "Coco Coco". The old man said he was grateful to people for coming to see her, but that was not her name, her name was María.

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