Bruno | Ana Y

The film had a notoriously long production cycle, taking to complete. It premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival in 2017 before its commercial release in Mexico on August 31, 2018.

The story follows , a creative and imaginative 10-year-old girl who lives in a mental health institution with her mother, Carla . Ana has never met her father, Bruno , but dreams of reuniting the family. Ana y Bruno

is not your typical family-friendly animated film. Directed by the acclaimed Carlos Carrera —known for the Oscar-nominated The Crime of Padre Amaro The film had a notoriously long production cycle,

The plot kicks into gear when Ana decides to venture into the forbidden downstairs wing of the hotel to confront the "Mad Mer-man" (a half-human, half-fish villain who controls the house’s miasma) and rescue her mother. Along the way, she is joined by Bruno, a grumpy armadillo-like creature, and a talking seahorse named El Chapulín (voiced by the legendary Mexican comedian Chespirito in one of his final roles). Ana has never met her father, Bruno ,