The Legend of the Nahuala

Oct 31, 2007

1h 24m

★ 7.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Animex Producciones

FIDECINE

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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Cast

Leo San Juan (voice)

Fabrizio Santini

Xochitl (voice)

Martha Higareda

Don Andres (voice)

Andrés Bustamante

Santos (voice)

Jesús Ochoa

Alebrije (voice)

Rafael Inclán

Nahuala (voice)

Ofelia Medina

Lorenzo Villavicencio (voice)

Manuel Valdés

Teodora Villavicencio (voice)

Mayté Cordero

Nando San Juan (voice)

Bruno Coronel

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