Best friends Tenoch and Julio are
having a somewhat boring summer with their girlfriends away in Europe; however
when an attractive older woman named Luisa takes them up on an offer to embark on
a road trip to a remote beach, the two jump at the opportunity. The road trip
becomes much more, testing the limits of their friendship.
The film is auteur Alfonso
Cuaron’s breakthrough release, garnering international praise leading to
him being hired to direct Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Cuaron works with his usual collaborators
including co-writer Carlos
Cuaron and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki,
as well as production designers Marc Bedia and
Miguel Angel
Alvarez.
Y Tu Mama Tambien has a lot of
the same energy and comedy found in Cuaron’s early work, particularly Love
in the Time of Hysteria. The film, though, is much more philosophically
deep and features wonderfully developed characters. If anything, it is a
character piece about two young men leaving adolescence and becoming adults.
There are growing pains during this transition as we change and are awoken to
new experiences and parts of ourselves. Even the best of friends can grow apart
during this transition. The film features resonating drama and very funny
moments, both of which speak to the audience as they draw upon their own
experiences growing up. It is a superb film from one of the best active
writer-directors working today.
Trailer: Here
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