31 Minutes: One Hot Christmas
Original title: 31 Minutos: Calurosa Navidad
Trailer
Synopsis
A heat wave threatens to cancel Christmas in Titirilquén — Santa suspends his visit and the presents are stranded at the North Pole. Bodoque, the rabbit reporter and star of the newscast, volunteers to retrieve them, though his gambling addiction proves a very inconvenient travel companion. Back at the studio, his colleagues attempt to hold together an improvised Christmas show with predictably chaotic results.
Context & Trivia
The second feature film in the Chilean puppet franchise '31 Minutos', released on November 21, 2025, directly on Amazon Prime Video — the first time a special from the saga has launched simultaneously for the global streaming market. The original series debuted in 2003, created by Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano under their production company Aplaplac, as a satirical newscast performed entirely with hand puppets, a technique that has defined the show's visual identity from the start. This film expands a Christmas special that had already toured as a live puppet show before making the leap to the screen.
The central puppets are Juan Carlos Bodoque — the rabbit reporter voiced and manipulated by Álvaro Díaz — and Tulio Triviño, the newscast anchor handled by Pedro Peirano. The ensemble includes Patana Tufillo (a duck and Tulio's niece), Mario Hugo (a chihuahua reporter), and Juanín Juan Harry, the furry creature who produces the broadcast. Díaz and Peirano have cited The Muppets and Sesame Street as foundational references, though they set out from the beginning to give their hand puppets and their sharp, absurdist humor a distinctly Latin American sensibility.
Puppeteers
Álvaro Díaz, Pedro Peirano, Jani Dueñas, Patricio Díaz, Daniel Castro, Felipe Godoy, Rodrigo Salinas, Francisco Schultz, Anita Reeves, Guillermo Silva, Paco Pasquette, Daniela Saldías, Andrea García-Huidobro, Fernando Solís, Andrés Sanhueza, Pedro Subercaseaux, Pablo Ilabaca, Javi Vinot, Kylie Trupp
Voices
Álvaro Díaz, Pedro Peirano, Jani Dueñas, Patricio Díaz, Daniel Castro, Felipe Godoy, Rodrigo Salinas, Francisco Schultz, Anita Reeves, Guillermo Silva, Julieta Venegas, Paco Pasquette, Daniela Saldías, Andrea García-Huidobro, Fernando Solís, Andrés Sanhueza, Pedro Subercaseaux, Pablo Ilabaca, Javi Vinot, Kylie Trupp, Dadalú
Direction
Pedro Peirano, Álvaro Díaz González
Cast
Pedro Peirano, Álvaro Díaz González, Jani Dueñas, Patricio Díaz, Daniel Castro, Felipe Godoy, Rodrigo Salinas, Francisco Schultz, Anita Reeves, Guillermo Silva, Julieta Venegas, Paco Pasquette, Daniela Saldías, Andrea García-Huidobro, Fernando Solís, Andrés Sanhueza, Pedro Subercaseaux, Pablo Ilabaca, Javi Vinot, Kylie Trupp, Alvaro Díaz
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