Dolores appeared to be defending Bruno when she sang that his gift was misunderstood by the family.
True, and I must admit that Isabela doesn't say anything negative about Bruno either.
Luisa and Julieta and Agustin don't get any lines here, but I guess that they would be nicer as well.
Camilo was clearly just fooling around with his portrayal of "evil Bruno" and shouldn't be taken seriously.
But still, it is painful to me to listen to this song after we've met the real man behind all the slander...
Bruno is listening and enjoying the song so he doesn't appear to be sad.
That has never made sense to me, actually.
Later, he says he doesn't care what people say about him, but he's very protective of Mirabel.
That is not true though, since he knows what people say and is afraid that Mirabel will turn against him as well.
It is actually only to his mother, that Bruno says "I don't care what you think about me".
Many people say though that it can't really be true, because he wants her to be proud of him and love him back.
But he's trying to divert her attention away from Mirabel to himself and protect her.
(He believes at this point that Abuela is still blaming Mirabel for everything and tries to take the fall for her.)
There's something very realistic about the dysfunction and gossip within the family, but they still love each other.
Yes, but I guess that I just love Bruno too much to enjoy that part of the movie as much as others seem to do.
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Keelai (34853)
2 years ago
Someone made an interesting point that Camilo would've been too young to know or remember his Uncle Bruno and would've only been exposed to the exaggerations and horrible gossip from the villagers. That distortion is what he's referring to in his song.
Bruno is sneaking around on the balcony. This video circles Bruno:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EEtywkHbv0
Some people think that he could be Camilo shape-shifted into Bruno, but Camillo doesn't know Bruno lives in the walls and sneaks around to get food and broken furniture which has been tossed away. Only Delores is aware that Bruno hasn't left the village since she can hear him and the rats in the walls which she references a few times. In the "Don't Talk About Bruno" song she sings "It's like I hear him now, I can hear him now." which is almost drowned out by Isabella's singing.
Bruno is also sneaking around in the poster:
https://jamonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/E2F07F90-646F-451C-AA32-DB03A8899004-1037x1536.jpeg
Some tiktokers said they found him hiding in other scenes, but I haven't seen those images yet.
I had to rewatch the Bruno and mother scene, again. I agree. His hiding for 10 years was about protecting Mirabel, too.
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Furienna (3342)
2 years ago
Someone made an interesting point that Camilo would've been too young to know or remember his Uncle Bruno and would've only been exposed to the exaggerations and horrible gossip from the villagers. That distortion is what he's referring to in his song.
Yes, but I feel that portraying Bruno like that also fits into that Camilo is a prankster and a theater kid.
So he took a chance to play a villainous figure and just loved it.
Bruno is sneaking around on the balcony.
Yes, I know.
But what I was refering to is that I don't get why Bruno would bop to a song about how people slander him.
Then again, that figure that probably is him is only seen during Dolores's relatively sympathetic part.
I had to rewatch the Bruno and mother scene, again. I agree. His hiding for 10 years was about protecting Mirabel, too.
Yes, but it was also because people believed the worst of him.
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Keelai (34853)
2 years ago
Abuela wanted a prophesy from Bruno which would've implicated Mirabel. He didn't want to reveal what he saw so he hid.
Now, I wonder what will happen since Bruno returned. Will the villagers treat him better and will he give them prophesies?
Bruno and Mirabel tend to be tough and positive even though they're sad about not living up to Abuela's expectations. I'm not sure they care about anyone else's opinion.
That "villainous" figure is his uncle which would make Camillo's action malicious. I'd hoped Camilo is basically a good kid who believed the rumors instead of purposely portray his uncle as a monster while knowing the truth. He has a playful personality, but I don't see him doing anything to hurt anyone.
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Furienna (3342)
2 years ago
Abuela wanted a prophesy from Bruno which would've implicated Mirabel. He didn't want to reveal what he saw so he hid.
Yes, that too.
Now, I wonder what will happen since Bruno returned. Will the villagers treat him better and will he give them prophesies?
It is actually shown in "All of you" that the villagers now accept Bruno as a member of their community.
As for giving prophecies, he will do like Luisa: they will do some work, but not as much as before.
That "villainous" figure is his uncle which would make Camillo's action malicious. I'd hoped Camilo is basically a good kid who believed the rumors instead of purposely portray his uncle as a monster while knowing the truth. He has a playful personality, but I don't see him doing anything to hurt anyone.
It is true that Camilo didn't know Bruno and based his portrayal of him as a villainous figure on the rumors.
But it was also shown that Camilo liked to tease members of his family just because it amused him.
After all, it is clear that he was a rascal even though he had a caring side as well.
Slandering the black sheep who was feared or hated by almost the entire village was hardly a big deal to him.
But I would agree that it was the worst thing, that he would do in the entire movie.
It is clear that it really wasn't Camilo's fault though.
Because his mother hadn't told him anything about her brother/his uncle and let him believe in people's gossip.
That is how dysfunctional the family was at that point...
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Keelai (34853)
2 years ago
I just rewatched "All of You" and noticed how confused Camilo looked when Delores sang that she knew Bruno never left because she heard him. The melody isn't of my favorites, but the message is on point.
This film has so many layers. New discoveries each time I rewatch a scene. This DVD is definitely worth buying.
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Furienna (3342)
2 years ago
I decided to buy it on YouTube, which is perfect to me.
It is definately true that you will notice new things when you rewatch the movie.
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