Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #949 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-22
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: Spanish
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 101 minutes

Synopsis
This beautifully filmed, expertly acted film about two 17-year-old, middle class Mexican boys on summer break is deceivingly complex. The basic plot of the film is that best friends Tenoch (Diego Luna, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) and Julio (Gael Garcia Bernal, AMORES PERROS), who think of nothing but sex, convince a beautiful 28-year-old woman, Luisa (Maribel Verdu), to go on a road trip with them to a nonexistent beach. They get lost. They flirt and giggle and fawn over Luisa hoping to win her over with their boyish charms. And that's about it. But that simple plotline merely provides structure for the poetry and meaning that is woven into the film with photography and narration. Periodically throughout the film, while the action continues normally, the sound stops. A voice over then gives information--sometimes a brief biography of one of the characters (birth date, name of father and mother, consequences of birth, primary childhood experiences), or a note about what each of the characters is really thinking, or a news report or historical comment that brings Mexico's tangled politics into the context of daily life. Never is the voice connected to a character in the film. It simply floats. Meanwhile, underwater photography, roving shots of the Mexican countryside, and affectionate close-ups on the characters communicate a solemnness that is not present in the plot. All of these pieces fit together easily, resulting in an excellent, whole, thoughtful film.

Customer Reviews

And Your Mother Too
A very good mexican teen road movie whereby two best friends get the oppertunity to take an older married woman with them to 'heaven's mouth'.
The most ingenious touch is the anonymous 3rd person narrative, whose entrance is continually signalled by the films loss of sound.
The theme of sex is to the fore from the word go and perhaps becomes a little too much.
However neither this, nor the rather sudden twist at the end of the film can prevent it from succeeding splendidly!

Top Ten of All Time
This has to be one of the best coming of ages of films in its genre. I've read reviews that compare this to American Pie but please do not let this put you of.

This is an intelligent, well written and brilliantly acted film. Its stars the wonderful Maribel Verdu as its central female character, who is charmastic and a joy to watch.

The story centers losely on two breakthrough performaces by its two male leads (Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal) and their quest to find the ultimate beach. Centering on character interactions, humans emotions and the power of absolute honesty, this is truly a wonderful film.

Sexy, Funny & Intelligent
Y Tu Mama Tambien is without doubt one of my favourite films, at the very least my favourite foreign film.
The movie is based around two teenage Mexicans (Diego Luna as Tenoch & Gael Garcia Bernal as Julio.) The story is put into motion when the boys make up a beach the attractive wife of Tenoch's cousin, Luisa, when Luisa's husband has an affair she opts to travel to the beach with the two boys.
Throughout the film there is a narrative that gives depth & insight into the lives of these three beings that could not be achieved purely through their acting (even though they are all amazing.)
Julio & Tenoch are normal horny middle class teenagers with penchants for soft drugs & sex.
The most touching aspect of the movie is the relationship between the two leads, the viwer watches them at their peak of friendship & at breaking point & eventually when they go their seperate ways to never speak again.
The movie is simple but so effective although at the end there is a shock (not major though.)
I'd advise anyone to see this film, there is a great deal of nudity & explicit sex scenes but because it is such an itelligent movie the fact that the nudity is used to be sexy as opposed to highlight vulnerablility doesn't take from the film, it also manages to be funny. I personally think funny, sexy & intelligent is a great combination, the kind of combination I'd like my future husband to be!