| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Giménez Cacho | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Ana López Mercado | ... | Ana Morelos |
| Diego Luna | ... | Tenoch Iturbide | |
| Gael García Bernal | ... | Julio Zapata | |
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Nathan Grinberg | ... | Manuel Huerta |
| Verónica Langer | ... | María Eugenia Calles de Huerta | |
| María Aura | ... | Cecilia Huerta | |
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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 | |
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 ... Written by Huggo
I saw the film twice in 2 days (in original version), and I enjoyed it very much. It is titillating, at times hilarious, touching, candid, serious etc... Roller-coaster of emotions! It is the first film I have seen with Gael Garcia Bernal (Julio in this film), and boy is he great! I love the portrait the film draws of "Teenage Boys lust". The contrast with the mature and controlled Luisa is very interesting. Altogether, I'd recommend it warmly to anyone who enjoys road movies in general and great characters. Obviously it is better in the original, so if you understand a bit of Spanish, don't be put off by the subtitles (you end up reading them really quickly and still enjoy the images...).