The Legend of the Nahuala (La leyenda de la Nahuala)

THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN

PUEBLA, CITY OF ANGELS

NOVEMBER 2ND, 1807

ALL SOUL'S DAY

FUNERAL HOME "LIFE, YOU DON'T DESERVE ME"

Help this poor blind man!

Victim of the "Sad Night"!

Thank you, Dona Tonita.

Oh,it's getting dark.

I better go. One can't see anything later on.

It's coming again!

Legend says that if night falls while you're walking...

... through the Nahuala street, you have to be very carefuI...

... because at the old manor...

... lives the spirit of the Nahuala.

There she comes!

All began fifty two years ago during All Soul's Day.

When one of the most important families of Puebla...

... was haunted by a mean...

... who wanted to be the most powerful one.

Dear guests, I'm really thankful...

...that you're here for the All Soul's Day dinner.

Say no more. Say no more.

The beast was looking for human bodies...

... to fulfill its plan.

And then, the cook of the manor became "The Nahuala".

With a new body...

... the Nahuala made a devilish ceremony...

... which would give her eternal Iife...

... and she'd conquer all the world.

Our new cook is excellent.

Oh, brother, looks delicious.

The soup, don't get mad, hon. Don't get mad.

It makes you lick your fingers.

This has to be diet food.

The Nahuala killed a lot of people...

... but she was stopped.

Since then, her spirit and the spirit of those she killed...

... are locked up there.

Legend says that if night falls while you're near the manor...

... the spirit of the Nahuala will catch you up.

You're a chicken, Leo.

Careful, the Nahuala can smell children's pee.

You know what? Now your name will be: "Squirt".

Are you really afraid, little Squirt?

Squirt is really afraid. I'll scare him so much.

Squirt is really afraid. I'll scare him so much.

Leo! Nando!

Come down and help me put the offering!

Yes, Granny!

The last one to get down will be a chicken, Squirt.

Chicken! Chicken!

LA LEYENDA DE LA NAHUALA

Oh, children, the offering is really beautiful.

I really miss my parents, Granny.

All Soul's Day is a celebration.

Don't be sad because of them.

Each November 2nd they come to visit us.

And we receive them with all their favorite things.

We put mole, chalupas, bread, fruits.

Incense, candles and orange marigolds...

...to guide their path.

I hardly remember them anymore.

Yes, you were very little.

My Leo, you're just like your father when he was your age.

Really, Granny?

But Dad wasn't a scaredy cat like Squirt here.

Leo has a courageous and brave soul.

He just has to let it out.

Sure, and I'm the Count of Chalpatlahua.

But Squirt can't even talk right.

He speaks like he has cramps on his tongue.

Shut... Shut...

- Are you going to go No. 2? - Shut... Shut up, Nando!

Oh, the Nahuala!

Fernando San Juan, we don't talk about the Nahuala in this house.

I was just playing, Granny.

Put that fruit back in the offering right now.

How did all of these get to my pockets?

Nothing happened here. Nothing, really.

I don't know how did it get here.

SAN JUAN BAKERY

Good afternoon and do come tomorrow.

We'll have freshly baked Bread of the Dead.

The bread will be fresh, not the dead.

- Dionisia, you're something else. - I was a bit out of hand.

I'm in a good humor today.

Cocol.

Come here, little Cocol.

Beat the whites until they form stiff peaks, speed No. 3.

Leo!

Come here!

Yes, Nana Dionisia.

It's almost time to go to mass...

...and it's your turn to help father Godofredo, boy.

Yes, Nana. Thank you.

Hey, Leo, you know what's the problem of a donut?

No.

To be fat and still have a hole in the stomach.

And I know another joke...

...about how they make the donut holes in Alvarado, Veracruz.

They say the Nahuala is over 300 hundred years old.

And is really old and wrinkled like a prune.

Leo!

Touch the bellorum!

Touch the bellorum!

The bell, kid!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

- Ya, ya, ya! - Well, cut it.

Alleluia!

Corpus Christi.

Sometimes, the Nahuala comes out of the manor...

...in search for children, though she'd seem a harmless old lady...

... she's actually an evil monster.

The Father's drawers!

Oh, sweet Jesus!

I'm really angry now.

You took a back tooth out, you left me on my drawers...

...and you almost kill Brother Sinfonolo.

Why have you acted so strange at mass, Leo?

It's just that I'm scared, Father Godofredo.

Come here.

What are you afraid of, kid?

The Nana... Nana...

Nana's tacos gave you a stomachache.

No, the Nahuala from the old manor.

What do you know about the Nahuala?

Nando told me she's a witch...

...and that she'll suck my soul out.

Listen to me, Leo.

The Nahuala was a very evil woman...

...that lived a long time ago, but now is dead...

...and she can't harm anyone.

For Pete's Sake, let's change the subject.

If you promise not to be scared anymore...

...I'll show you something wonderful.

You can fly with this like the birds.

Fly, how?

Look, you get inside this basket...

...and this balloon will get you really high.

Leo, look at my balloon.

It's really big, Father Godofredo.

For Pete's sake, not this, you fool.

There! Out there, Leo!

There it is my balloon.

When I blow it up, you can get inside with me.

Are you going to be afraid of flying in the balloon?

No.

We're going to get the birds jealous.

Oh, jeez.

A penny for this blind man...

...who fed a monster and end up being eaten.

A penny, for the love of God.

God will repay you, boss.

A penny, for this...

Wow, I missed that one.

Meringue filled-cakes! Meringues!

Meringue filled-cakes! Meringues!

I want a meringue filled-cake.

I can't see, coming through.

Jeez!

I'd like to be cross-eyed to see you twice.

Damn blind man! Can't you see!

Seven o'clock and everything's calm!

Heads up!

Pee!

I'm going straight, I don't care who's in front!

This neighborhood is really dangerous at night.

I have "borrachos", "jamoncillos", peanut brittle...

...dried pumpkin seed, amaranth candy, caramel-covered candy...

...coconut candy, turrones, marzipan, yam candies!

Here they are, what can I get you?

- Hi, Santos, what do you got? - Didn't you hear?

I have "borrachos", "jamoncillos", peanut brittle...

...dried pumpkin seed, amaranth candy, caramel-covered candy...

...coconut candy, turrones, marzipan, yam candies!

Here they are, what can I get you?

Hi.

Here's cramped-tongue.

His brother told me that he pees when he's scared.

We better go, he may pee on us.

Cheer up, Leo, don't be upset.

Here, take an amaranth candy to cheer up.

Shut up, fool.

Amaranth always do the trick.

Hey, Santos, do you believe in the witch from the old house?

The old house?

Oh, Leo, I'm too old to believe in such things.

The house...

Then, the house isn't haunted?

No way. That house is like my friend's wife...

...completely abandoned.

No one have had the money to buy it.

No one.

But let me tell you a secret.

I'm saving up some money and I'll buy it myself.

Yes, sir. And I'll set up the biggest candy store in Puebla.

Let me tell you, as a friend, you have to face your fears. Leo.

And as the first step, to be a brave boy...

...you should get inside the house.