''Nikte'' is a 2009 Mexican
animated
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adventure
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comedy film
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, produced by Soco Aguilar and
Animex Producciones
Animex Producciones is a Mexican animation studio, established in Puebla, which specializes in digital animation productions for film and television. It was founded in 2000 by Ricardo Arnaiz. The studio utilizes the Toon Boom Animation software f ...
. It stars the voices of
Sherlyn as the title character,
Pierre Angelo
Pierre Angelo Antonioli Flores (born September 24, 1972) is a Mexican actor, director and humorist. He was first known for his role in the kids 80's show Chiquilladas, which launched his career into the comedy world within Mexican television, th ...
,
Pedro Armendáriz Jr
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The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...
,
Alex Lora,
Jorge Arvizu, and
Regina Torné
Rosa Vierben del Pilar Marina Incháustegui Anaya (born 2 October 1945), known as Regina Torné, is a Mexican actress, singer and television presenter.
Telenovelas and series
*2014 - Siempre Tuya Acapulco - Soraya Patiño
*2011 - Ciel ...
. It premiered in theaters on December 18, 2009.
Plot
The story starts with a girl and her family at
La Venta
La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco. Some of the artifacts have been moved to the museum "Parque - Museo de La Venta", which is in nearby Villahermos ...
park. The girl only thinks about herself, and her family goes with the tour guide while she stays at the entrance listening to her music. She leans on the
Olmec
The Olmecs () were the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization. Following a progressive development in Soconusco, they occupied the tropical lowlands of the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. It has been speculated that ...
head and discovers something in the Olmec head which she is transferred back to the times of Olmec.
Cast
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Sherlyn as Nikté
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Pierre Angelo
Pierre Angelo Antonioli Flores (born September 24, 1972) is a Mexican actor, director and humorist. He was first known for his role in the kids 80's show Chiquilladas, which launched his career into the comedy world within Mexican television, th ...
as Chin
*
Pedro Armendáriz Jr
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter.
The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...
as Kaas
*
Alex Lora as Chamán Chanek
*
Maya Zapata as Xtabay
*
Regina Orozco as Ij' Aesu
*
Jorge Arvizu as Guardián de Roca
*
Silverio Palacios as Jéfe Chaneke
*
Regina Torné
Rosa Vierben del Pilar Marina Incháustegui Anaya (born 2 October 1945), known as Regina Torné, is a Mexican actress, singer and television presenter.
Telenovelas and series
*2014 - Siempre Tuya Acapulco - Soraya Patiño
*2011 - Ciel ...
as Diosa Luna / Meztli
*
Enrique Garay as Kike Garaytl
Production
Animex Producciones
Animex Producciones is a Mexican animation studio, established in Puebla, which specializes in digital animation productions for film and television. It was founded in 2000 by Ricardo Arnaiz. The studio utilizes the Toon Boom Animation software f ...
was in charge of coordinating the production which involved several animation studios in Mexico, including
Grupo EsComic! and
Estudio Haini.
Box office
This film was a box-office failure, due to an unsuccessful competition with
James Cameron
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's ''
Avatar
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''.
Character name dispute and lawsuit
On October 10, 2009, Rolando Tamayo sued director Ricardo Arnaiz over the film's plagiarized characters called "Nikté", "Kan" and "Kin".
References
External links
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Mexican animated films
Mexican children's films
2009 films
Indigenous cinema in Latin America
2000s Spanish-language films
Universal Pictures animated films
2000s American films
2000s Mexican films
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