Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
"Y tu mamá también" (original title)

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.

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writers:

Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón

Stars:

Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 36 wins & 30 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maribel Verdú	...	Luisa Cortés
Gael García Bernal	...	Julio Zapata
Diego Luna	...	Tenoch Iturbide
Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Narrator (voice)
Ana López Mercado	...	Ana Morelos
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
Juan Carlos Remolina	...	Alejandro 'Jano' Montes de Oca

Storyline

In Mexico City, late teen friends Tenoch Iturbide and Julio Zapata are feeling restless as their respective girlfriends are traveling together through Europe before they all begin the next phase of their lives at college. At a lavish family wedding, Tenoch and Julio meet Luisa Cortés, the twenty-something wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, the two who have just moved to Mexico from Spain. Tenoch and Julio try to impress the beautiful Luisa by telling her that they will be taking a trip to the most beautiful secluded beach in Mexico called la Boca del Cielo (translated to Heaven's Mouth), the trip and the beach which in reality don't exist. When Luisa learns of Jano's latest marital indiscretion straight from the horse's mouth, she takes Tenoch and Julio's offer to go along on this road trip, meaning that Tenoch and Julio have to pull together quickly a road trip to a non-existent beach. They decide to head toward one suggested by their friend Saba, who seems a little confused himself of ...

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Plot Keywords:

road trip | beach | mexico | friendship | wedding | 

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Taglines:

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.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

8 June 2001 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

And Your Mother Too

Filming Locations:

Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$86,400 (Australia) (23 August 2002)

Gross:

$317,284 (Australia) (6 September 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anhelo Producciones, Besame Mucho Pictures, Producciones Anhelo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Steadicam operator was hired for the film, but the Steadicam was never used. The man that was hired used his on-set time to help out with other things on the production.

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Goofs

The image of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara hanging from the rear-view mirror keeps appearing and disappearing during the first part of the road trip, right before it is substituted by the toy rabbit Luisa buys at the township.

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Quotes

Luisa: Play with babies and you'll end up washing diapers!

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Connections

References Run Lola Run (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Watermelon in Easter Hay"
from Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage"
Composed, Produced and Performed by Frank Zappa
Courtesy of the Zappa family
(p) 1994 Ryko Disc Inc. licensed exclusively worldwide, The Zappa Family Trust
(c) Copyright 1979 The Frank Zappa Trust

User Reviews

Simply The Best!

From the recent comments on this film board, it's amazing how people can watch this film all the way through and at the end not have any idea what it was about.

This was quite simply one of the best films I've seen in recent years. Using three central characters -- two immature adolescent males and a young woman in crisis -- set in a road-trip situation, it was hardly a road-trip movie. Nor was it an adolescent movie. Nor was it a woman-in-crisis movie. Nor was it about sex. Instead, what starts out with a sizzling but ditzy prologue becomes something much deeper and much more profound as it goes along. By the end I was breathless and somewhat stunned. The character study is amazing. The societal insights are haunting. The shared humanity it exposes is painful at time but ultimately reaffirming and uplifting. These are three of the most memorable, identifiable and completely human characters I've seen on screen in ages. They taught me more about life and the human species than the last ten movies I've seen put together. I'll not soon forget Julio, Tenoch and Luisa and their eye-opening journey to Boca del Cielo.