A Costume for Nicolas

A Costume for Nicolas (2021)

Un disfraz para Nicolás

After losing his mother, a boy with Down syndrome takes his trunk of magical costumes to live with his grandparents in this animated tale.

Date of release
2021-09-16
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Director
Eduardo Rivero

Casting

Interesting facts

A Costume for Nicholas is a 2020 Mexican animated fantasy adventure film directed by Eduardo Rivero from a screenplay by Miguel Ángel Uriegas. Produced by Uriegas, Jaime Romandía Creel, Genaro López Rebollo, and Eduardo Jiménez Ahuactzin, the film was produced by the studio Fotosíntesis Media. After being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, A Costume for Nicholas was released on September 3, 2020.

Production

A Costume for Nicholas was loosely inspired by the book Pablo and the Trunk (Pablo y el baúl) by Jaime Mijares, a friend of screenwriter and producer Miguel Ángel Uriegas. While researching for the film, Rivero and Uriegas met a therapist for the Special Olympics Mexico—a sports program for children with intellectual disabilities—who took them to meet the boys with whom she works, among these Fran Fernández.

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