Sentences with phrase «into meeting her idol»

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Still willing to continue in his passion, Miguel sneaks into the mausoleum of none other than his idol, de la Cruz, and snags his famous guitar, only to find that playing the instrument immediately channels him straight into the Land of the Dead, where he meets the deceased ancestors his family always honors for the Day of the Dead, including Mama Imelda (Ubach, To the Bone), from whom he will need a family member's blessing before sunrise in order to return to the realm of the living.

But once Miguel finds his footing and sets on a quest to meet the spirit of his long - dead musical idol, who he has also come to believe is the faceless man in his great - grandmother's photos, the movie slips into a familiar rut and the scenery fades into the background.

Bolstered by the «do whatever is necessary to follow your dream» motto of his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt), Miguel seeks to prove himself in a talent contest but his unorthodox means of obtaining an instrument catapult him and his dog Dante into the Land of the Dead, where he meets not only Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal), a good - natured con - artist, but many of his forebears, including Mama Imelda.