As Luisa kneels between the boys and stimulates them both, the boys embrace and kiss each other passionately. The three dance together sensually and then retire to their room. Julio adds that he had sex with Tenoch's mother, but it is unclear whether he is serious. Julio and Tenoch reveal that they each have frequently had sex with the other's girlfriend. That evening, Luisa, Julio, and Tenoch get drunk and joke about their sexual transgressions. After their campsite is ransacked by a herd of pigs, they spend the night in the nearby village, where Luisa makes another phone call to Jano, bidding him an affectionate but final farewell. Making camp there, they begin to relax and enjoy the ocean, along with the company of a local family. Julio and Tenoch begin fighting, but stop when Luisa threatens to leave them.ĭriving along the coastal road that evening, they chance upon an isolated beach that is actually called Boca del Cielo. An upset Tenoch then reveals that he has had sex with Julio's girlfriend. The next day, Luisa notices the tension between the boys, so she has sex with Julio to equalize their perceived status. Afterward, Julio tells Tenoch he had sex with Tenoch's girlfriend. Julio sees them through the open door and walks away, upset. Tenoch enters her motel room in search of shampoo but finds her crying. They talk about their relationships and sexual experiences to pass the time: the boys boast about their exploits, while Luisa speaks of Jano and recalls her first love, who died in a motorcycle accident.ĭuring an overnight stop, Luisa leaves a tearful message on Jano's answering machine explaining that she has left him. The next day, Luisa calls Tenoch and asks if their offer to accompany them to the beach is still open.Īlthough Julio and Tenoch have little idea where they will actually go, the three set off, driving through rural Mexico. Later, Luisa visits a doctor after her appointment, she receives a phone call from a drunken Jano, who tearfully confesses that he cheated on her. Trying to impress Luisa, the boys talk about a fictitious, secluded beach called Boca del Cielo ("Heaven's Mouth") however, she initially declines their invitation to accompany them there. Without their girlfriends around, the boys take the opportunity to live as bachelors.Īt a wedding, they meet Luisa, the Spanish wife of Tenoch's cousin, Jano. The film opens with "two teenage best friends", working-class Julio and upper-class Tenoch-each having sex with their respective girlfriends before the girls depart on a trip to Italy. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards and as Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, the film was released in English-speaking markets under its Spanish title, with a limited release in the United States. However, in Mexico, the film earned $2.2 million its first weekend in June 2001, setting a new record for the highest box office opening in Mexican cinema. The film's explicit depiction of sex, nudity, and drug use caused complications in the film's rating. It is set in 1999 against the backdrop of Mexico's political and economic realities, specifically at the end of the uninterrupted seven decades of presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the rise of the opposition led by Vicente Fox. The film tells a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys who take a road trip with a woman in her late twenties. It stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal and Spanish actress Maribel Verdú. Y tu mamá también (Spanish for And Your Mother Too ) is a 2001 Mexican road film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and co-written by him and his brother Carlos.
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