"Y Tu Mama, Tambien"

[+ azdr0710]

yeah, I'm 24 years too late for the party, but I finally watched this recently.....I guess I didn't seek it out when first released because I thought it'd just be another moody, dreary, "foreign" art film.......yes, I did hear of all the nudity and sex back then, but assumed it wouldn't be quite as hot as it was, it being a major movie with well-known (in Mexico) actors.....

wow, what a great flick!......fantastic documentary-style cinematography.......effective characterization that made me care (some well-intentioned movies fail at this).......clean, unpretentious, straight-forward storytelling (US directors and producers could learn a thing or three).......and the voice-over narration was incredible:  weaving in entirely unrelated commentary about the culture, history, corruption of Mexico with the thoughts of the characters and even what the future will bring to a current scene.......

despite explicit sex, language, what-have-you, the movie won several awards and is just a pleasant watch.....it's currently in the Cult Classics section of Hulu and also at Netflix.....English subtitles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_tu_mamá_también

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/movies/y-tu-mama-tambien.html   (paywall)

 

 

 

  

[+ Cash4Trash]

One of my all time favorites. 

[TonyDown]

SPOILER

 

Is this the movie where in the end, their friendship ended?

 

I need to watch again.  Been too long.

[Rod Hagen]

I remember a Q/A with the director and the three actors and one said about "The Kiss" during screenings in Mexico the audience would scream NO, and in Spain the audience would scream YES!  :-)

It's quite a thing that the director went on to be both so successful and lauded, and both male leads have done very well.  She's done more than just fine too.  A really rare and beautiful thing.  

Edited May 26 by Rod Hagen