'Encanto': Colorful Characters, Intergenerational Trauma, and Fun Music
Disney's newest Latine animated musical, 'Encanto', features a super colorful cast, fun music, and a surprising conflict about intergenerational trauma.

City dweller Dilnoz comes to a distant mountain village for the funeral of her father, whom she has not seen since her youth. The encounter with her native land and the people living on it turns into a dramatic adventure to her roots and herself.
Disney's newest Latine animated musical, 'Encanto', features a super colorful cast, fun music, and a surprising conflict about intergenerational trauma.
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