Y Tu Mama Tambien
Mexican-born, New York-based filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón directed this Mexican box-office smash hit about a pair of randy upper-class buddies that sparked some controversy for its frank depiction of drug use and sexual exploration. With their respective girlfriends away in Europe, Julio (Gael García Bernal) and his upper-class friend Tenoch (Diego Luna) are looking forward to a summer full of drink, drugs, and cheap meaningless sex. During a wedding, they meet Luisa (Maribel Verdú) -- the 28-year-old wife of Tenoch's scholarly cousin -- and try to convince her to go on a road trip to Heaven's Mouth, a made-up beach paradise the two claim is on the Oaxacan coast. To their surprise, Luisa -- who is looking to escape her troubled life for a spell -- agrees to go along. Two days into the trip, tension starts to build between the two friends: Luisa has had sex with each, and now both lads are not-so-quietly vying for her affection. Soon simmering jealousies boil over into savage arguments, threatening to completely destroy their friendship. After an enormously successful run in Mexico and Guatemala, this film was screened to much acclaim at the 2001 Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals. more..
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael GarcÃa Bernal, Diego Luna, Maria Aura, Diana Bracho
Echoes the unmistakable freshness and excitement of the Nouvelle Vague, the sense of joy in being alive and making movies, that made those works distinctive and unforgettable.
One of those movies where "after that summer, nothing would ever be the same again." Yes, but it redefines "nothing."
Sad, funny, sexy, and altogether marvelous.
Cuaron's hot-blooded, haunting and wildly erotic film revels in the pleasures of the flesh without losing touch with thought and feeling.
Can be taken on many levels, and that's why it works so completely.
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Academy Awards (2003)
Best Film Not in the English Language
BAFTA Awards (2003)
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
Bodil Awards (2003)
Best Foreign Language Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2002)
Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language
British Independent Film Awards (2002)
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