

Antonio gains the ability to speak with animals and the whole town celebrates while Mirabel, though happy for him, remains saddened for the lack of her own gift (" Waiting on a Miracle"). On the day Antonio, Pepa's youngest son, is to receive a gift, Mirabel gives Antonio the courage to go through with the ceremony (" Colombia, Mi Encanto"). Mirabel, though, has no gift at all: though not as ostracized as Bruno, she is still treated differently by the family (" The Family Madrigal"). Bruno and his gift of precognition are vilified due to the unpredictable nature of his visions, which led Bruno to one day disappear.

It is around the nature of the magic's involvement with gifts, however, that Bruno, along with Julieta's youngest daughter, Mirabel, become excluded. Through a miracle, a candle Alma held onto was imbued with magic and creates a sentient " Casita" for the Madrigals to live in, and provide a safe haven for the refugees, who proceed to build a town called Encanto.Įncanto grows under the Casita's protection, and the magic imbues the Madrigal family - for which Alma becomes better known as "Abuela" - with a family of superhuman abilities dubbed "gifts". While escaping her home from armed conflict, a young woman named Alma Madrigal loses her husband Pedro but saves her three infant children Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno.

But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel. Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.
