Pixar’s latest movie, “Coco,” opens Wednesday in the United States — but it got a head start in Mexico, becoming the highest-grossing movie ever in that country.
“Coco” is set in Mexico and is steeped in that nation’s culture — particularly in the celebration of Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, when people go to cemeteries to visit with their departed relatives.
Moviemakers on both sides of the border have explored the culture of Mexico in many ways. Here are seven of the best films about Mexico:
Tita (Lumi Cavazos), the youngest daughter of a Mexican family, is forbidden to marry her love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi), so he marries her sister Rosaura (Yareli Arizmendi) so he can stay close to Tita.