I got my first lotería square a few days ago when I watched Coco | L21 to try to help grade it!
I think I’d say that vocab-wise, Coco is pretty doable, but I think the speed might be tricky for B1 learners. I think I would’ve had a hard time watching it if I’d tried two years ago. Then again, Spanish subs might compensate for that (I watched with no subs). But I have a hard time judging difficulty…
A low B1 to me are the Spanish portions of the Duolingo podcast, and this movie was certainly harder than that, though I think not out of reach for upper intermediate learners. I didn’t have perfect comprehension myself (songs are harder 
), but was easily able to follow the story.
I’m contemplating trying to convince my mom to try watching it in Spanish with me with Spanish subtitles, since I don’t think she’s even at B1 level yet (or if she is, it’s just barely), so it would be a real test to see how doable the film is for beginners…
Here’s my updated lotería tabla:
I don’t think I heard the word “violoncello” at any point during the movie, but I’m pretty sure I saw at least one in the movie, and it seemed thematically appropriate, especially when I looked at the verse associated with it:
Creciendo se fue hasta el cielo, y como no fue violín, tuvo que ser violoncello.
Growing it reached the heavens, and since it wasn’t a violin, it had to be a cello.
