Alfonso Cuarón

Y tu mamá también

Y tu mamá también

This smash road comedy from Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is that rare movie to combine raunchy subject matter and emotional warmth. Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna shot to international stardom as a pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriends jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman (Maribel Verdú) they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three form an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare. Shot with elegance and dexterity by the great Emmanuel Lubezki, Y tu mamá también is a funny and moving look at human desire.

Film Info

  • Mexico
  • 2001
  • 106 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • Spanish
  • Spine #723

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki and approved by director Alfonso Cuarón, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Two new pieces on the making of the film, featuring interviews, recorded at the time of production and in 2014, with actors Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verdú; Alfonso Cuarón; cowriter Carlos Cuarón; and Lubezki
  • New interview with philosopher Slavoj Žižek 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 Cuarón
  • Trailers
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Charles Taylor and reprinted character biographies by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

    New cover by Nessim Higson

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DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki and approved by director Alfonso Cuarón, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Two new pieces on the making of the film, featuring interviews, recorded at the time of production and in 2014, with actors Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Maribel Verdú; Alfonso Cuarón; cowriter Carlos Cuarón; and Lubezki
  • New interview with philosopher Slavoj Žižek 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 Cuarón
  • Trailers
  • New English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Charles Taylor and reprinted character biographies by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

    New cover by Nessim Higson
Y tu mamá también
Cast
Maribel Verdú
Luisa Cortés
Gael García Bernal
Julio Zapata
Diego Luna
Tenoch Iturbide
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Narrator
Ana López Mercado
Ana Morelos
Arturo Ríos
Esteban Morelos
María Aura
Cecilia Huerta
Nathan Grinberg
Manuel Huerta
Verónica Langer
María Eugenia Calles de Huerta
Giselle Audirac
Nicole Bazaine
Andrés Almeida
Diego “Saba” Madero
Diana Bracho
Silvia Allemde de Iturbide
Emilio Echevarría
Miguel Iturbide
Marta Aura
Enriqueta “Queta” Allenda
Juan Carlos Remolina
Alejandro “Jano” Montes de Oca
Liboria Rodríguez
Leodegaria “Leo” Victoria
Silverio Palacios
Jesús “Chuy” Carranza
Mayra Sérbulo
Mabel Juárez de Carranza
Andrea López
Lucero Carranza
Amaury Sérbulo
Christian Carranza
Jorge Vergara
President
Credits
Director
Alfonso Cuarón
Writers
Alfonso Cuarón
Writers
Carlos Cuarón
Executive producers
Sergio Agüero
Executive producers
David Linde
Executive producers
Amy Kaufman
Producers
Alfonso Cuarón
Producers
Jorge Vergara
Director of photography
Emmanuel Lubezki
Editors
Alfonso Cuarón
Editors
Alex Rodríguez
Sound
José Antonio García
Line producer
Sandra Solares
Casting director
Manuel Teil
Art director
Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Costume design
Gabriela Diaque

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