🚨 Consider this your spoiler alert for a huge moment from In the Heights! 🚨
If you've watched director Jon M. Chu's onscreen adaptation of In the Heights, chances are that it made you laugh, cry, and everything in between. And if you made it to the scene where Abuela Claudia sang "Paciencia y Fe," you *may* have wept your eyes out.
When a blackout hits Washington Heights, Abuela Claudia, the neighborhood's grandmother, reflects on her life in a dream sequence. While at a subway station, she's wondering if she should stay with her loved ones or leave this life to be with her mother.
Here's a fun fact about Olga Merediz, the actress who portrays Abuela Claudia onscreen: She actually originated the same Tony-nominated role in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2008 Broadway run of In the Heights.
If Abuela Claudia's swan song made you cry, you're definitely not alone — "Paciencia y Fe" floored many of us emotionally vulnerable mortals on the internet as well. Just take a look at what Twitter had to say about Merediz's breathtaking performance!
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only talk to me about abuela claudia’s “paciencia y fe” from the in the heights movie
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With one single musical number, Olga Merediz becomes the beating heart that nourishes IN THE HEIGHTS' entire emotional being. Merediz deserves all the awards hardware that comes her way. Show stopping. Oscar worthy.
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me trying to keep my composure during Paciencia y Fe vs me twenty minutes later during Carnaval Del Barrio #InTheHeightsMovie @Lin_Manuel
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Still thinking about what they did with “Paciencia Y Fe” and weeping. #InTheHeights
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After a rewatch, definitely my favorite scene of #InTheHeightsMovie is Paciencia Y Fe.
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Wow, the film version of Paciencia y Fe is an absolute day ruiner. I think it’s easily one of the best songs LMM has ever written, and it was gorgeously done.
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Imma just be up haunted at “paciencia y fe” for the rest of the evening IM FUCKING FINE #InTheHeightsMovie
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i will literally never be shutting the fuck up about Paciencia Y Fe from In The Heights (2021)
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The costumes in paciencia y fe have so much spiritual and cultural significance. I’ve never seen them in any America film until in the heights, and when I saw them, I just started crying.
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Good morning watching the Paciencia y Fe sequence again
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It truly is wonderful that Olga Merediz gets to play this role she originated on Broadway. I saw her play Abuela Claudia a decade ago & her voice, diction, and presence is so incredibly powerful and masterful. I’m so happy her performance is immortalized on screen.
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In the Heights was really good! (When Abuela Claudia was in the subway station and got on that old-model train, I was ugly crying.)
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I'm rarely a crier when I watch movies. But I bawled my eyes out during "Pacienca y Fe" when I saw IN THE HEIGHTS. A strong testament to the power of that scene and of course Olga Merediz's performance as Abuela Claudia.
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saw #InTheHeights last night and the entirety of Abuela Claudia’s song was genuinely one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen on screen. absolutely seamless transitions and use of performers and just so so good
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I watched this scene like 6 times. I love every angle, costume, lighting and color choice. 🎶Paciencia y Fe!🎶#OlgaMerediz is a treasure! #InTheHeightsMovie
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Reason 1238574939294 to watch @intheheights.....for one of the best performances of this year from the incredible @TheOlgaMerediz as abuela Claudia. Abuela will make you laugh, warm your heart, & make you cry your balls out. 🙌🏽 #FilmTwitter #InTheHeightsMovie 😆
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress In a Motion Picture 2021 goes to Olga Merediz. What a performance. Wow. #IntheHeights
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The cast, from start to finish, is fantastic. We know the big players but just a couple of people I have to note: Olga Merediz is breathtaking in this movie. What she does during "Paciencia y Fe" is a gift for the ages. And Gregory Diaz IV? What a future he has.
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Paciencia Y Fe is the best thing I’ve seen in film in a long time… my jaw and tears were on the floor. GIVE OLGA MEREDIZ AN OSCAR NOW.
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Ms. Olga Merediz reprising Abuela Claudio shattered me. I’m reminded of the women in my life, my mom, grandma, aunts, all who lovingly helped raise me. Their struggles helped me rise. Pacencia y Fe is their story. The Latine story that precedes my origin.
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Olga Merediz gave one of the best interpretations of a song (and best vocal performance) I've ever seen on film and I'm still shaking from her presence. Thank you @jonmchu for preserving her performance forever. Keep casting broadway character actresses please!