Y Tu Mamá También

"Life has its ways of teaching."

2001 1h 46m ES

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 1,842

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Synopsis

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In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

“Life has its ways of teaching.”

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Cast

Gael García Bernal
Julio Zapata
Diego Luna
Tenoch Iturbide
Maribel Verdú
Luisa Cortés
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Narrator (voice)
Diana Bracho
Silvia Allende de Iturbide
Verónica Langer
María Eugenia Calles de Huerta
María Aura
Cecilia Huerta
Emilio Echevarría
Miguel Iturbide

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writers: Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.7× over at the box office.

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, shot by Emmanuel Lubezki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfonso Cuarón shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Life has its ways of teaching.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0245574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alfonso Cuarón directs. Emmanuel Lubezki behind the camera. Alfonso Cuarón cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 6.7× over at the box office.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, shot by Emmanuel Lubezki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Alfonso Cuarón shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Life has its ways of teaching.".
7IMDB entry: tt0245574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 16 themes, including "friendship", "adolescence", "beach", "mexico".
9Released under 32 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing: Alfonso Cuarón
Production design: Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Costume design: Gabriela Diaque
Makeup / hair: Carlos Sánchez
Sound: Tom Fleischman
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $33,600,000
Return: 672% of budget
Original language: ES
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

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What people are saying

kineticandroid2014-06-21
While recently watching "Blue Is the Warmest Color," I was reminded of this film, and like "Blue," I was drawn to how the film's central relationship between Tenoch and Julio felt both astoundingly ecstatic and yet isolating, especially when it ends. It's as if the passions from their road trip to Heaven's Mouth burned too brightly to be sustained once they returned to their normal lives. I first looked at this film as a coming-of-age film, albeit one that happened to include sex scenes much more graphic than others of its genre. That opinion helps me find a reflective starting point for this film, but every time I watch it, I think more and more about the socioeconomic points Cuarón interjects throughout. I think more about how little I know about other countries, especially the one just south of my own. (I suppose Tenoch and Julio don't know that much either.) After this last viewing, I thought more about whether the the two actually learned something positive from the experience. We're told they never meet again after the film ends. What happens next? And how does this trip I witnessed mean to that answer?
WilhelmVO2026-07-25
★ 4/10
If I wanted to be narrated to (in otherwise total silence) I'd download an audiobook. If I wanted to watch one dimensional oversexed teenage charactera talk I... well I'm not exactly sure what I'd do because I never wanted to hear one dimensional oversexed teenage characters talk. Nothing about this is relatable to me.
1AntleredPrincess2026-08-10
★ 1/10
Basically rape porn that pretentiously pretends to be a movie. Two boys go on a road trip with a woman who abuses them. Random voice over tells you fun facts. There's not much more to say.