Y Tu Mama Tambien [Criterion Collection]

Director: Alfonso Cuar?n

Overview

Mexican-born, New York-based filmmaker Alfonso Cuar?n directed this Mexican box-office smash hit about a pair of randy upper-class buddies that sparked some controversy for its frank depiction of drug use and sexual exploration. With their respective girlfriends away in Europe, Julio (Gael Garc?a Bernal) and his upper-class friend Tenoch (Diego Luna) are looking forward to a summer full of drink, drugs, and cheap meaningless sex. During a wedding, they meet Luisa (Maribel Verd?) -- the 28-year-old wife of Tenoch's scholarly cousin -- and try to convince her to go on a road trip to Heaven's Mouth, a made-up beach paradise the two claim is on the Oaxacan coast. To their surprise, Luisa -- who is looking to escape her troubled life for a spell -- agrees to go along. Two days into the trip, tension starts to build between the two friends: Luisa has had sex with each, and now both lads are not-so-quietly vying for her affection. Soon simmering jealousies boil over into savage arguments, threatening to completely destroy their friendship. After an enormously successful run in Mexico and Guatemala, this film was screened to much acclaim at the 2001 Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/30/2014
UPC:	0715515124218
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	NR
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	16,720

Special Features

New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki and approved by director Alfonso Cuar?n; Two new pieces on the making of the film, featuring interviews, recorded at the time of production and in 2014, with actors Gael Garc?a Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verd?; Alfonson Cuar?n; cowriter Carlos Cuar?n; and Lubezki; New interview with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about the film's social and political aspects; On-set documentary from 2001; Deleted scenes; You Owe Me One (2002), a short film by Carlos Cuar?n; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Maribel Verdu	Luisa
Gael Garc?a Bernal	Julio
Diego Luna	Tenoch
Maria Aura	Enriqueta
Diana Bracho	Silvia
Emilio Echevarria	Miguel
Griselle Audirac	Nicole
Veronica Langer	Maria
Arturo R?os	Esteban
Ana L?pez Mercado	Ana
Juan Carlos Remolina	Alejandro `Jano' Montes de Oca
Daniel Gim?nez Cacho	Narrator
Nathan Grinberg	Manuel Huerta
Andres Almeida	Diego `Saba' Madero
Liboria Rodr?guez	Leodegaria `Leo' Victoria
Silverio Palacios	Jesus `Chuy' Carranza
Maira Serbulo	Mabel Juarez de Carranza,Christian Carranza
Andrea L?pez	Lucero Carranza
Emilio Echeverria	Miguel Iturbide
Daniel Jim?nez Cacho	Narrator
Martha Aura	Enriqueta 'Queta' Allende

Technical Credits

Alfonso Cuar?n

Alfonso Cuaron

Sergio Aguero	Executive Producer
Alfonso Cuar?n	Producer,Screenwriter
Amy Kaufman	Executive Producer
David Linde	Executive Producer
Effecine Mobile	Special Effects
Salvadore Servin	Special Effects
Manuel Teil	Casting
Alejandro V?zquez	Special Effects
Jorge Vergara	Producer
Alfonso Cuaron	Screenwriter
Jose Garcia	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Y Tu Mama Tambien
1. "Promise You Won't Fuck Any Italians" [5:45]
2. "Smells Like Bread" [2:11]
3. Routine Highs [4:45]
4. The Wedding [7:40]
5. Luisa [3:33]
6. Road Trip [6:27]
7. Charolastra Manifesto [4:42]
8. "Are You Faithful?" [4:20]
9. First Loves [6:02]
10. Techniques [3:59]
11. Luisa And Tenoch [9:29]
12. Julio's Confession [4:01]
13. Luisa And Julio [4:23]
14. Tenoch's Confession [4:13]
15. Luisa's Manifesto [2:47]
16. Chuy And Mabel [2:49]
17. La Boca Del Cielo [5:25]
18. "The Greatest Pleasure Is Giving Pleasure" [11:30]
19. "Life Is Like The Foam" [2:47]
20. "Check, Please" [8:47]
1. Color Bars [:20]
Disc #2 -- Y Tu Mama Tambien
1. Chapter 1 [10:32]
2. Chapter 2 [:18]
1. Chapter 1 [40:19]
2. Chapter 2 [:29]
1. Chapter 1 [22:34]
1. Manuela [:55]
2. Stoned [1:50]
3. Whistle [:56]
1. Chapter 1 [8:38]
2. Chapter 2 [:22]
1. Chapter 1 [12:15]

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Disc #2 -- Y Tu Mama Tambien
On Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n: These Two Documentaries Feature Interviews With Director Alfonso Cuar?n, Cowriter Carlos Cuar?n, Director Of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki, And Actors Gael Garc?a Bernal, Diego Luna, And Maribel Verd?. The First Was Created From Interviews Done At The Time Of Production, And The Second Was Produced By The Criterion Collection In 2014.
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The Making Of The Film: This Twenty-Two-Minute Documentary From 2001 Features Behind-The-Scenes Footage From The Film's Production And Is Narrated By Actor Daniel Gim?nez Cacho, The Star Of Alfonso Cuar?n's Debut Feature, S?lo Con Tu Pareja, And The Narrator Of Y Tu Tam? Tambi?n.
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Slavoj Zizek: In This Interview, Conducted By The Criterion Collection In 2014, Philosopher Slavaj Zizek Explores Director Alfonso Cuar?n's Subtle Manipulation Of Foreground And Background In Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n, To Comment On The Film's Political And Social Context.
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You Owe Me One: Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n's Cowriter Carlos Cuar?n Wrote And Directed This Twelve-Minute Short In 2002, About Family Secrets Hidden Behind Closed Doors.
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Editorial Reviews

Y Tu Mamá También has been casually referred to as a Spanish-language American Pie, perhaps because both films include footage of taboo body fluids floating in liquids they don't usually call home -- a swimming pool here, a beer there. But that comparison doesn't nearly do justice to Alfonso Cuarón's bold, sexually explicit yet artistically justified coming-of-age piece, which climbs outside the box at every turn. More generous films to associate it with are Run Lola Run and Amélie; both share Mamá's curiosity about the interrelationship of seemingly unlike people and places, and contemplate the pasts and futures of bit players in a manner that seems essential, not superfluous. Yet it's not as glossy as those films, either. Mamá retains a documentary-style realism that's less dependant on set pieces, preferring the messy yet basically benign continuum of life. Mamá's illuminating narration is never intrusive, even though it cuts off the soundtrack in a way that sounds like abrupt speaker failure; it contextualizes the action while leaving the deeper profundities to the viewer's own thoughts. Cuarón's fascinating decisions are as regular as the free-flowing bull sessions so naturally performed by lead actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal in and around Mexico City, and on their road trip to self-discovery. Cuarón, seeming more comfortable in his element than in a Hollywood release like the Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle Great Expectations, challenges the actors' talents in a handful of takes that last minutes on end, many of which include the camera moving seamlessly through the environment. Even with all these accomplishments, it's still as funny and as titillating as anything out there -- maybe because it doesn't have to try so hard to do either.