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Nahuel And The Magic Book

Fresia: "The...The Levisterio..." Nahuel: "It's not important! I'm so glad you're alive; It's over Fresia!"

• The film holds the message not only to conquer your fears, but also about a struggle of a single-parent family and the bond between the father and the son
  • In the NYICFF 2021 interview, German Acuna told that this film's center, aside from the adventure and magic things, but it's a story between the father and the son.
• As Consuelo got struggles, her husband Antonio is with him. He even gives her his locket to calm her down and start to hug him before the birth of their child and her passing.
• The cat came to Nahuel as it meows and goes closer to him in the hut after the chase from Calfunao and Rorro.
  • Even better, we see him snuggle the cat and chuckles.
• While the Guardian hunts down Nahuel, the cat came to the blind wizard and as they walk away, he offers the fish for his pet.
• After the giant storm struck down the ship, Huenchur and Fresia refuge Nahuel and heal him in their hut.
• The bonding between the dad and the son. When Nahuel jumped on the boat, he wants to help his father for fishing.
  • After he got rescued by Nahuel thanks to the locket she gave him, he got the What Have I Done? and a Heart-to-Heart moment with his son. He apologized Nahuel for being a bad father to him. He even told him he loves him the same way he loves Consuelo.
    Nahuel: (crying) Dad, it's my fault. I did something that I shouldn't have done and to cause all of this...I'm sorry...
    Antonio: No, son. The only one who apologizes is me. Forgive me for being a bad father to you, Nahuel...(put his hand on his shoulder) I love you so much, son.
    ** Both Nahuel and Antonio got into Kalku's tower to fight Kalku.
    • He even pulled his son away from the wizard to protect him.
  • When the Cai-Cai struck down the tower, Antonio immediately grabs Nahuel by its arm.
  • As the two look at the Cai-Cai, Antonio mentions his name and Nahuel runs and hugged Antonio once again after he got rescued by the Cai-Cai and rescues Fresia from drowning.
• Elzaino gives the trio a stay to his tavern and his one condition to Nahuel and Fresia a little help for his customers
• After Chon-Chon's defeat from his riddles, the customers, even they laughed at him from the start, cheered Nahuel for defeating the tricking creature of all Chiloe.
• Trauco, despite his personality being inaccurate to the original mythology, redeemed himself and had a heart of gold in him to help Nahuel to overcome his fear by making a magical soup with a secret.
• As he drinks the soup, he meets his mom and when he got rescued in the boat, she says to her own son.

  • Consuelo's words to her son: "You have come so far, my son..." and "It's time to go, Nahuel. Your father needs you. Everyone needs you. You can do this....you can do this...."

• Raiquen is none other than Ruende's lover, despite a lack of chemistry.
• Nahuel and Fresia's friendship or should I say... chemistry
  • They both joking around when they said they're petting Ruende like to cuddle his ears, Ruende threatens them when they do that to him, but they laugh it off anyway
  • She asked him why he stole the Levisterio in the first place, he answered to her that to conquer his fear to make his dad proud of him and become the next fisherman just like him. Fresia had the same experience: had a fear of the dark but with Huenchur's help and guide, she told her to fight the dark, then you ignite the light
  • As the Cai-Cai destroys the tower, he has no choice but to dive in to save his friend. He let go of his hand and runs to dive into the deep sea. As he saw Fresia into the dark abyss, he dives deeper to reach her, but as it reachers her it was too late for him as he can't breathe, leaving the two died in the sea together. The Cai-Cai, when Kalku's spell is gone, uses the spell to help Nahuel breathe, helping out a young boy to save her.
  • The two hugged each other three times she hugged Nahuel and accidentally they drop down after he wins Chon-Chon's riddle, the next scene when he arrived in the abandoned shore town and he admits that Trauco didn't steal the book and he was being an idiot, and lastly at the top of the Cai-Cai, he saw Fresia alive, coughing out from drowning. She asked where's the Levisterio, which was destroyed along with Kalku, but instead, she got hugged by her closest friend ever since the journey, gladly said she's alive and the Kalku's curse including the Levisterio is over.
    • Heck, even the director, German Acuna, in the 2021 NYICFF interview admits that both Nahuel and Fresia are the "center of the story" and added "they're together all the time and ran the two." and "share a lot of wisdom"
• When a fan who is far away from Chile doesn't have electric art equipment to draw a fanart of his favorite character from his favorite film, he use hand-drawn with no colors only, on Instagram, the director came by and commented on his drawing.