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Jun 8, 2001 · And Your Mother Too: Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal. In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
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- Alfonso Cuarón
- 2001-06-08
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The film opens with "two teenage best friends", working-class Julio and upper-class Tenoch—each having sex with their respective girlfriends before the girls depart on a trip to Italy. Without their girlfriends around, the boys take the opportunity to live as bachelors. At a wedding, they meet Luisa, the Spanishwife of Tenoch's cousin, Jano. Trying...
Development
After working on Great Expectations and A Little Princess, Alfonso Cuarón envisioned a film that was not influenced by production techniques used in Hollywood cinema. Cuarón wanted to reject commercial production techniques he had used in his previous films, like dollies, close-ups, and dissolves. Instead he embraced a documentary-realist style of filmmaking for Y tu mamá también. Before making the film, Cuarón had worked for some time in Hollywood, prior to return to his roots in Mexican cin...
Road movie
In Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón reimagined the American road movie genre to depict Mexico's geography, politics, people, and culture. Cuarón wanted to use the road-film genre to challenge mid-20th century Latin-American Cinema movements that rejected the pleasure and entertainment typical of Hollywood commercial cinema created by using fictional characters and story. Cuarón aimed to only borrow the pleasure and entertainment of Hollywood cinema to synthesize with political and cultural e...
Filming and production
The director and screenwriter were not afraid of developing Y tu mamá también during the production process. Cuarón's script was minimal and unelaborate so the actors could contribute to its development during the rehearsal process. Throughout the film the actors improvised.Instead of using high-tech equipment, the entire film was shot with a handheld camera to create a documentary-realist look that mimicked candid footage. In an interview, Cuarón said it all went "back to our original idea o...
Y tu mamá también was released on VHS in 2003 by Paramount Home Entertainment, and DVD in 2004 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on MGM DVD, and also on DVD in 2006 by Paramount Home Entertainment and released on Blu-ray in 2012 by Paramount Pictures. The film was later released as part of The Criterion Collection.
Y tu mamá también was produced by Anhelo Producciones, a company co-founded by Cuarón and Jorge Vergara, a well-known Mexican businessman and the film's producer. The company provided sufficient funding to make the film and launch an impressive marketing campaign. The $5 million film budget was substantial by Mexican film standards. Advertisement a...
A box office success both domestically and abroad, Y tu mamá tambiéngrossed $2.2 million in its first week, breaking Mexico's box office records for domestic films. It went on to gross a record $12 million in Mexico. The film became a global success after its distribution by U.S. independent companies Good Machine and IFC Films. The film grossed $1...
Ranked No. 20 in Empiremagazine's 100 Best Films Of World CinemaRanked No. 9 in Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Films of the DecadeThe New York Times's Best 1,000 Movies Ever MadeEntertainment Weekly's 25 Sexiest Movies Ever!Y tu mamá también at IMDbY tu mamá también at AllMovieY Tu Mamá También is 2275 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 776 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Roller Junkies! but less popular than My Brother Above in the Tree. Rank. Title.
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That evening, the three drink excessively and joke recklessly about their sexual transgressions, revealing that the two boys have frequently had sex with the same women (their girlfriends, as well as Luisa). "Y tu mamá también," Julio jests to Tenoch. The three dance together sensually, then retire to their room.
Released October 6th, 2001, 'Y Tu Mamá También' stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a user ...
Mar 15, 2002 · Y tu mamá también (2001) Y Tú Mamá También (2001) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis The lives of Julio and Tenoch, like those of 17-year old boys everywhere, are ruled by raging hormones ...
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Aug 25, 2021 · Aug. 25, 2021. Mexican cinema was just emerging from decades of obscurity when Alfonso Cuarón’s “ Y Tu Mamá También ,” a voyage of self-discovery and the study of a country in flux, was ...
