#723: CUARÓN, Alfonso: Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

CUARÓN, Alfonso (Mexico)
Y Tu Mamá También [2001]
Spine #723
Blu-ray


This smash road comedy from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is that rare movie to combine raunchy subject matter and emotional warmth. Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna shot to international stardom as a pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriends jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman (Maribel Verdú) they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three form an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare. Shot with elegance and dexterity by the great Emmanuel Lubezki, Y tu mamá también is a funny and moving look at human desire.

106 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
in Spanish
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers


Written by Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón.
Alfonso Cuarón was 40 when he directed Y Tu Mamá También.

Other Cuarón films in the Collection:

#353: Sólo Con Tu Pareja (1991)
#1014: Roma (2018)

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Seventy-six page booklet featuring an essay by critic Charles Taylor and reprinted character biographies by Carlos and Alfonso Cuarón.

Commentary

None.

Two pieces

On the making of the film, featuring interviews, recorded at the time of production and an 2014, with actors Bernal, Lunda, and Verdú; Alfonso Cuarón; cowriter Carlos Cuarón; and DP Emmanuel Lubezki.

Interview

With with philosopher Slavoj Žižek about the film’s social and political aspects.

On-set documentary

From 2001.

Deleted scenes

You Owe Me One (2002)

A short film by Carlos Cuarón.

Trailers

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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