(Spoiler warning) ENCANTO: The Movie Summarized (SimoTheFinlandized - 2021 CE)

=============================== ENCANTO: The Movie Summarized (By SimoTheFinlandized - 2021 CE) =============================== Forced by an armed conflict to flee her home, a young Alma Madrigal loses her husband Pedro but saves her triplet infant children: Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno. By a “miracle,” her candle attains magical qualities, blasts away their pursuers, and creates a sentient house, the "Casita", for the Madrigals to live in, along with a magical town sheltered by tall surrounding mountains—an “encanto”. Fifty years later, the candle continues to burn and the town thrives under its protection. The candle's magic gifts each member of the Madrigal bloodline superhuman abilities that they use to help the villagers. However, Bruno is vilified for his gift of precognition and he disappears 10 years prior. Meanwhile, Mirabel, Julieta's youngest daughter, is treated differently for mysteriously not having received a gift. -------------------------------------------------------------- Pepa's youngest son Antonio is gifted the ability to speak to animals, and the family poses for a picture but neglects Mirabel. Mirabel suddenly sees cracks in the Casita and a vision of the candle's flame going out, but her warnings go unheeded when the Casita appears undamaged to the others. Mirabel resolves to save the miracle's magic. Her super-strong older sister Luisa suggests that Bruno's room, which is located in a forbidden tower in the Casita, may hold some clues to the phenomenon. There, Mirabel discovers a cave and recovers pieces of a slab of opaque emerald glass which form an image showing her causing the Casita to fall apart. After Mirabel narrowly escapes the cave, Luisa discovers that her gift is starting to weaken. -------------------------------------------------------------- The next night, Mirabel's oldest sister Isabela, who can make flowers grow at will, is scheduled to become engaged to neighbor Mariano Guzman. Mirabel's oldest cousin Dolores, who possesses superhuman hearing, blurts out that she overheard Mirabel talking with her father about Bruno's vision. The Casita once again begins to crack, causing everyone’s powers to go haywire, ruining the night and Mariano’s proposal. As everyone flees the chaos, Mirabel follows a group of rats and discovers a secret passage behind a portrait where she encounters Bruno; having never actually left the house because he still loves his family. At Mirabel’s urging, Bruno reluctantly creates another vision, which shows the Casita's inevitable destruction and an image of Mirabel embracing a young woman, who they identify as Isabela. -------------------------------------------------------------- Mirabel goes to apologize to Isabela and accidentally provokes a cathartic confession: Isabela does not want to marry Mariano and is in fact burdened by her image of perfection. Mirabel helps Isabela blossom into her true, imperfect self, and the sisters embrace; strengthening the candle and heals the Casita’s cracks. However, Alma spots Isabela growing whatever she wants with Mirabel from afar and accuses the latter of causing the family's misfortunes out of spite for not having a gift. Mirabel confronts Alma, arguing that she is at fault for the immense pressure she imposes on the family. Their argument suddenly creates a huge fissure that destroys the Casita. The candle dies in Mirabel's hands despite her efforts to save it, leaving all the Madrigals powerless. -------------------------------------------------------------- Alma later finds a tearful Mirabel back at the river where Pedro died, and finally takes responsibility for what happened and forgetting that their real gift was not their powers but the family itself. Mirabel finally begins to understand her grandmother, and tells her that despite her flaws, Alma is the one who brought the family together in the first place, and the two reconcile. With Bruno in tow, they reunite with the Madrigals and the townspeople to rebuild the Casita. When finished, the Casita springs back to life, and and the magic of the house, as well as the family's gifts, are restored. The Madrigals then pose for another family picture, this time with Mirabel and Bruno included in it. ===============================