Directed by: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Edward James Olmos, Alanna Ubach
Trivia: Director Lee Unkrich is a fan of the movie The Shining - in Frida's place twins in blue dresses can be seen.
Trivia: On the dead altar a clown fish can be seen, a reference to Finding Nemo.
Trivia: The number A-113 can be seen in Ernesto de la Cruz's album, often referenced by animators.
Continuity mistake: Miguel is thrown into the pit and lands in water, being completely submerged. But a couple minutes later when Hector mentions Coco, Miguel pulls the family picture out of his pocket, and the picture is totally dry and showing no effects of being submerged.
Héctor: What are you doing?
Miguel: I'm walking like a skeleton.
Héctor: No, skeletons don't walk like that.
Miguel: That's how you walk.
Héctor: No, I don't.
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Answer: It is never really explained in the movie, but we could assume that whenever someone dies they keep whatever items they had on them. Hector may have had the photo on his person when he died.