Y tu mamá también
2001 film by Alfonso Cuarón
Y tu mamá también (English: And Your Mama Too) is a 2001 Mexican coming-of-age erotic comedy-drama road film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Carlos Cuarón. The film follows two teenage boys who embark on a road trip with a woman in her late twenties and stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, and Maribel Verdú, with narration by Daniel Giménez Cacho. Set in 1999, it unfolds against the backdrop of Mexico's political and economic realities at the close of seven uninterrupted decades of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidencies and the rise of the opposition led by Vicente Fox.
In addition to directing and co-writing the film, Cuarón produced it with Jorge Vergara and edited it with Alex Rodríguez. Its frank depictions of sex, nudity, and drug use complicated its rating. In Mexico the film opened to $2.2 million, setting a new record for the highest box-office opening weekend in Mexican cinema. It was released in English-speaking markets in 2002 under its original Spanish title, receiving a limited theatrical run in the United States. The film earned widespread critical acclaim, especially for Cuarón's direction, the screenplay, and the performances of its three leads. It received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film, respectively, and has since been widely regarded as one of the best films of the 21st century.
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The events, set in Mexico in 1999, are punctuated by a voice-over, omniscient narrator who comments on the characters' thoughts, history, and future, and those of some of the people and places they encounter.
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