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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   33,920 votes
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Director:
Alfonso Cuarón
Writers:
Alfonso Cuarón (screenplay)
Carlos Cuarón (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 June 2001 (Mexico) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
La vida tiene sus maneras de enseñarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de confundirnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de cambiarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de asombrarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de herirnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de curarnos. La vida tiene sus maneras de inspirarnos.
Plot:
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 33 wins & 27 nominations more
User Comments:
Sexually explicit and hilarious, yet at the same time very compelling more (363 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Ana López Mercado ... Ana Morelos

Diego Luna ... Tenoch Iturbide

Gael García Bernal ... Julio Zapata
Nathan Grinberg ... Manuel Huerta

Verónica Langer ... María Eugenia Calles de Huerta

María Aura ... Cecilia Huerta
Giselle Audirac ... Nicole Bazaine
Arturo Ríos ... Esteban Morelos
Andrés Almeida ... Diego 'Saba' Madero
Diana Bracho ... Silvia Allende de Iturbide
Emilio Echevarría ... Miguel Iturbide
Marta Aura ... Enriqueta 'Queta' Allende

Maribel Verdú ... Luisa Cortés
Juan Carlos Remolina ... Alejandro 'Jano' Montes de Oca
Liboria Rodríguez ... Leodegaria 'Leo' Victoria
Silverio Palacios ... Jesús 'Chuy' Carranza
Mayra Serbulo ... Mabel Juárez de Carranza
Andrea López ... Lucero Carranza
Amaury Sérbulo ... Christian Carranza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Giménez Cacho ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jorge Vergara ... President (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alfonso Cuarón 
 
Writing credits
Alfonso Cuarón (screenplay)

Carlos Cuarón (screenplay)

Produced by
Sergio Aguero .... executive producer
Alfonso Cuarón .... producer
Amy Kaufman .... executive producer
David Linde .... executive producer
Kelly Miller .... production executive: Good Machine International
Sandra Solares .... line producer
Jorge Vergara .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Emmanuel Lubezki 
 
Film Editing by
Alfonso Cuarón 
Alex Rodríguez 
 
Casting by
Manuel Teil 
 
Production Design by
Miguel Ángel Álvarez 
Marc Bedia 
 
Art Direction by
Miguel Ángel Álvarez 
Diana Quiroz 
 
Set Decoration by
Roberto Loera 
 
Costume Design by
Gabriela Diaque 
 
Makeup Department
Carlos Sánchez .... hair stylist
Carlos Sánchez .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Marc Bedia .... production supervisor
Keary Jenkins .... production supervisor
Eamon O'Farrill .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fernanda Arce .... assistant director
Manuel Hinojosa .... assistant director
Berenice Manjarrez .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Ariel Chávez .... assistant art director
Mily Moreno .... property master
 
Sound Department
Marko A. Costanzo .... foley artist
Tom Fleischman .... sound re-recording mixer
José Antonio García .... production sound mixer
José Antonio García .... sound
Ruy García .... sound designer
Frank Kern .... sound editor
Hal Levinsohn .... adr editor
Blake Leyh .... sound effects editor
Skip Lievsay .... sound re-recording mixer
Debora Lilavois .... assistant sound editor
Philip Stockton .... sound supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Salvador Servin .... special effects
Alejandro Vázquez .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Antonio Huerta .... assistant camera
Fabián Monroy .... assistant camera
Luis David Sansans .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Manuel Billeter .... additional editor (R-rated version)
Manuel Billeter .... post-production coordinator
Silvia Garza Bermúdez .... assistant editor
David Gray .... assistant editor
James Nichols Jr. .... assistant editor
Mario Ontal .... assistant editor
Noëlle Penraat .... negative cutter
Jennifer Ruff .... assistant editor
Kathy Thomson .... digital colorist
 
Music Department
Annette Fradera .... music supervisor
Liza Richardson .... music supervisor
Susan Shufro .... music editor
 
Other crew
Manuel Billeter .... translator
Maury Carvajal .... script supervisor (as Mauri Carvajal)
Nuria Garcia Atienza .... marketing
Marga García .... marketing
Antonio Giménez .... marketing
Rodrigo Herranz .... production coordinator
Mauricio Lule .... production assistant
Rocío Ortega .... animal wrangler
Mario Luis Pacheco .... set publicist
Horacio Rodríguez .... production assistant
Jennifer Schaefer .... delivery supervisor: Los Angeles
Sally Steele .... film publicist
Juan Uruchurtu .... production liaison
Dylan Verrechia .... office intern
 
Thanks
Jonás Cuarón .... special thanks
Alejandro González Iñárritu .... special thanks
Timothy J. Sexton .... special thanks
Guillermo del Toro .... thanks
Fernando Trueba .... special thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
And Your Mother Too (USA) (informal literal title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language.
Runtime:
105 min | South Korea:102 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Tenoch' is the name of the legendary founder of México Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Louisa wakes up in the car at the beach, in the shot inside the car, her jeans are torn at the left knee. Subsequent shots show an un-torn pair of jeans. more
Quotes:
Luisa: Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea. more
Movie Connections:
References Amarcord (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Con Que Me Pagas more

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84 out of 108 people found the following comment useful.
Sexually explicit and hilarious, yet at the same time very compelling, 28 April 2003
9/10
Author: mattymatt4ever from Jersey City, NJ

I read an article about this movie and some have referred to this movie as a Mexican version of "American Pie." I believe the joke was that it should be called "Latin-American Pie." Now, I enjoyed the "AP" movies, and don't believe them to be crappy movies, but they possess no depth and substance. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is much more sexually explicit than those two films put together, but it's in no way exploitative. It's a slice-of-life story involving teens, and who's gonna deny that 80 percent of a teenager's life revolves around sex?

The two main characters, though utterly repulsive in nature, aren't totally unsympathetic, like the characters in Larry Clark's "Kids." Through the narration, we get a sense of the characters' backgrounds and why they are the way they are. We aren't simply thrown into this torrent of teenage decadence without a net.

I'm sure very few people will regard this as a comedy, but it's filled with hilarious moments, mostly involving the explicit sexual conversations. Though it leaves you with a sad feeling at the end, it doesn't keep you depressed the whole way through.

As well as being a character-driven youth drama/road movie, it's basically a film about life, most specifically fate and how it works in mysterious ways and how many people live parallel lives and simply aren't aware. I'm not going to pretend as if I wasn't stimulated by the sex scenes, or seeing the Spanish actress who plays Luisa naked, but I didn't enjoy it just because of its sexual content. Too many movies nowadays forbid you the pleasure of going on a character's journey. Too many movies are all about plot, and more specially about plot devices. Screenwriters spend so much time developing plot that character development is put on the backburner. When you get to know the characters this deeply, you're able to connect with them, feel their pleasure and feel their pain. "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is one of those rare, character-driven gems that is definitely worth a trip to the video store!

My score: 9 (out of 10)

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