Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil witch known as the Nahuala.
- arts and culture
- animación
- animacion mexicana
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Fabrizio Santini
Leo San Juan (voice)
Martha Higareda
Xochitl (voice)
Andrés Bustamante
Don Andres (voice)
Jesús Ochoa
Santos (voice)
- Rafael Inclán — Alebrije (voice)
- Ofelia Medina — Nahuala (voice)
- Manuel Valdés — Lorenzo Villavicencio (voice)
- Mayté Cordero — Teodora Villavicencio (voice)
- Bruno Coronel — Nando San Juan (voice)
- Pierre Angelo — Ciego
- Germán Robles — Fray Godofredo
- Luna Arjona — Nana Dionisia
- Maria Santander — Toñita Sanjuan
- Directed
- Ricardo Arnaiz
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 251 ratings
- Studio
- Animex Producciones, FIDECINE, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2007 · You’re hereThe Legend of the Nahuala
Where it starts.
Las leyendas: El origen
2021
La Leyenda de los Chaneques
2023
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
