The Book of Life is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure musical comedy film produced by Reel FX Creative Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Co-written and directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez, it was produced by Aaron Berger, Brad Booker, Guillermo del Toro and Carina Schulze. The film stars the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Christina Applegate, Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, and Kate del Castillo. Based on an original idea by Gutierrez, the story follows a bullfighter who, on the Day of the Dead, embarks on an afterlife adventure to fulfill the expectations of his family and friends.
The film premiered in Los Angeles on October 12, 2014 and was theatrically released in the United States on October 17, 2014. It received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The film grossed $99.8 million on a $50 million budget.
Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
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| Image | Character | USA | Mex | Jap | Bra | Can(French) | Ger | Fra | Ita | Neth | Fin | Den | Gree | Alb | Russ | Spa | Por | Bel(Flemish) | Kor | Phil | Turk | Ira | Ira(PMashhad) |
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Manolo Sánchez | Diego Luna | Subaru Kimura | Marcelo Coutinho | Giovanni Zarrella | Benjamin Pascal | David Chevalier | Jim Bakkum | Ivan Labanda | Jelle Cleymans | |||||||||||||
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Manolo Sánchez (Young) | EmilBastien Bouffard | Maximilian Ehrenreich | George de Vitis | Leonardo DellaBianca | ||||||||||||||||||
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María Posada | Zoe Saldaña | Sandra Echeverría | Yuka Komatsu | Pegah Ferydoni | Ingrid Donnadieu | Federica De Bortoli | Carolina Dijkhuizen | Graciela Molina | Charlotte Vandermeersch | |||||||||||||
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María Posada (Young) | Genesis Ochoa | Zalina SanchezDecke | Lou Dubernat | Agnese Marteddu | ||||||||||||||||||
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Joaquín Mondragon | Channing Tatum | JoséGilberto Vilchis | Daniel Fehlow | Volodia Serre | Francesco Pezzulli | Max vandenBurg | Raúl Llorens | Mathijs Scheepers | Abbas Chahardehi | |||||||||||||
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Joaquín Mondragon (Young) | Elias Garza | Ben Hadad | Théo Benhamour | |||||||||||||||||||
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La Muerte | Kate del Castillo | Masako Katsuki | Carolina Vera | Emmanuelle Rivière | Laura Boccanera | Elisa Beuter | Yeo Minjeong | |||||||||||||||
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La Muerte as Old Woman | Tonita Castro | Magda Giner | ||||||||||||||||||||
  
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Xibalba | Ron Perlman | Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza | Jôji Nakata | Sérgio Fortuna | Yves Corbeil | Oliver Stritzel | Philippe Dumond | Massimo Corvo | Just Meijer | Markus Bäckman | Fótis Petrídis | Vladimir Antonik | Alfonso Vallés | Manou Kersting | Ercan Demirel | |||||||
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The Candlemaker | Ice Cube | Gerardo Reyero | Ron Williams | Lucien JeanBaptiste | Luigi Ferraro | Murth Mossel | Carlos Di Blasi | Nico Sturm | ||||||||||||||
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Mary Beth | Christina Applegate | Cony Madera | Katrin Fröhlich | Chiara Colizzi | Alba Sola | |||||||||||||||||
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Pancho Rodriguez | Cheech Marin | Carlos Segundo | Friedemann Benner | Richard Leroussel | Rafael Calvo | |||||||||||||||||
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Pablo Rodriguez | Ricardo Sánchez | JoséAntonio Macías | Rainer Fritzsche | Gonzalo Abril | ||||||||||||||||||
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Pepe Rodriguez | Gabriel Iglesias | Luis Alfonso Mendoza | Michael Iwannek | Michel Mella | Raffaele Palmieri | Aleix Estadella | ||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Sánchez | Héctor Elizondo | Gabriel Pingarrón | Abelardo Decamilli | Igor de Savitch | Paolo Buglioni | Joan Massotkleiner | ||||||||||||||||
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General Posada | Carlos Alazraqui | Jesse Conde | Cláudio Galvan | Yves Massicotte | Thomas Petruo | José Luccioni | Joaquín Gómez | |||||||||||||||
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Chakal | Dan Navarro | Salvador Reyes | Jan Spitzer | Frédéric Norbert | Miguel Ángel Jenner | Faruk Akgören | ||||||||||||||||
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Carmen Sánchez | Ana de la Reguera | Alexandra Wilcke | Marie Barraud | Nuria Mediavilla | ||||||||||||||||||
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Skeleton Luis | Danny Trejo | Humberto Vélez | Vincent Davy | Karl Schulz | Michel Bedetti | Bruno Alessandro | Javier Viñas | |||||||||||||||
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Skeleton Jorge | Plácido Domingo | Carlos del Campo | Enrique Ambrosio | Olivier Constantin | Xavier Fernández | |||||||||||||||||
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Skeleton Carmelo | Jorge R. Gutierrez | Klaus Dieter Klebsch | Jean-Marc Charrier | Fótis Petrídis | ||||||||||||||||||
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Scardelita | Sandra Equihua | Laura Mondedero | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Adelita | Anjelah Johnson | Nerea Alfonso | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Land of the Remebered Captain | Miguel Sandoval | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Land of the RememberedCaptain'sWife | Guillermo del Toro | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sasha | Kennedy "KK" Peil | Nisha Wunder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanjay | Ishan Sharma | Elias Kunze | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jane | Callahan Clark | Hannah Pirot | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Luka | Trey Bumpass | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chuy | Carlos Alazraqui | Yves Massicotte | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Grandma | Grey DeLisle | Ángela Villanueva | Carmen Sheila | Christin Marquitan | Graziella Polesinati | Rinna Paatso | Marta Padovan | |||||||||||||||
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Chato | Eugenio Derbez | Eduardo Tejedo | Michael Pan | JoséJavier Serrano | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dali 1 | Carlos Alazraqui | Yves Massicotte | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dali 2 | Ben Gleib | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas | Aron Warner | Pedro D'AguillónJr. | Hércules Franco | |||||||||||||||||||
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Father Domingo | Eric Bauza | Herman López | Claudio Maniscalco | Marco Guadagno | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sister Ana | Angélica María | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Orphan | Trey Bumpass | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cave Guardian | Eric Bauza | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Songs[]
| Image | Character | USA | Mex | Jap | Bra | Can(French) | Ger | Fra | Ita | Neth | Fin | Den | Gree | Alb | Russ | Spa | Por | Bel(Flemish) | Kor | Phil | Turk | Ira | Ira(PMashhad) |
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ManoloSánchez (Young) | Joe Matthews |
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