Series: The true story of animated films - Tenth installment. Up.

Up is an original animated film from the Disney and Pixar studios, which premiered in 2009 with great success and won two Oscars. The story tells of the life of Carl Fredricksen, an elderly widower and a boy named Russell, together they travel to "Paradise Falls" in Venezuela flying in a house full of balloons. Her story is sad and reflective, it speaks of the nostalgia we feel when losing a loved one and the perseverance to achieve our dreams no matter how long it takes. The most striking thing about this beautiful film is that it is inspired real events, then we will know the story that served as inspiration to make this production.

Edith Macefield was born in 1921, studied music and languages, in her adolescent age she entered the army and was sent to Germany with a spy job, once the armed conflicts were over and she lived several years outside the United States her native country , she returns to dedicate herself exclusively to the care of her mother, she swore to her mother never to separate from her again and so she did. Edith stayed with her mother until she passed away.

After this she was completely alone, just like Carl in the movie Up had no children and her life went by so fast that she did not have time to fulfill dreams, now she had no one to take care of the meaning of her life had left leaving it in a deep loneliness, when she realized she was an old woman, the only thing that had an old house in Seattle where she harbored all her memories.

The modern city moved forward and quickly the neighborhood of Edith became the epicenter of a metropolis, her house began to be surrounded by large buildings of major companies to which her neighbors had sold their homes, but Edith rejected all proposals received, no one managed to convince her to sell her only property, that house that housed the memories of her life with her mother and to which she devoted her entire life. She even declined an offer of one million dollars, a situation that made her famous in her city for being a woman difficult to persuade and attached to her heritage.

The construction company had to develop the project around the house of neighborhood, its peculiar house among a set of buildings made many people were interested in knowing, they came to her to hear her heroic stories and inspired with her work to understand that There are things that are invaluable for what they represent to us and there is no money in the world that can afford it. Their struggle became the battle of many hearts touched by this nostalgic dream, inspired the filmmakers of Up - An adventure high to write a story about a lonely old man in a small house like Edith's.

She died of pancreatic cancer one year before the premiere of the film, the producer Pixar sent balloons to her house on the day of the premiere of the film, in tribute to this great woman, people from all over the world traveled to meet their small house leaving behind your eyes colorful balloons with messages of love. Unfortunately the house was sold at auction and will be demolished soon.