Y tu mamá también (2001)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writers:

Alfonso Cuarón (screenplay)
Carlos Cuarón (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 June 2001 (Mexico)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

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.

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Mexico | Sex | Wedding | Friendship

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 33 wins & 27 nominations

Cast

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)

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

Production Companies

• Anhelo Producciones
• Besame Mucho Pictures
• Producciones Anhelo

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2001) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2001) (Italy) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Dendy Films (200?) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2002) (North America) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Marco Film (2002) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2001) (Japan) (all media)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twister Digital Video (2002) (Russia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Alianza Films International  production liaison
• C5  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

And Your Mother Too (USA) (informal literal title)

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

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Philippines:R-18 (re-rating) | Philippines:X (original rating) | Brazil:14 (DVD rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Belgium:KNT | Brazil:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Colombia:18 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Hungary:16 | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 | Japan:R-15 | Mexico:C (cut) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Poland:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) (cut) | South Korea:18 (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Company:

Anhelo Producciones

Trivia:

'Tenoch' is the name of the legendary founder of México Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire.

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.

Quotes:

Luisa: Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.

Movie Connections:

References Amarcord (1973)

Soundtrack:

Con Que Me Pagas

Sexually explicit and hilarious, yet at the same time very compelling

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)