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Summary:

Two Mexico City teenagers from different classes are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three forms an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare.

Contributors:

Cuarón, Alfonso , film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work

Vergara, Jorge (Vergara Madrigal) , film producer

Cuarón, Carlos, 1966- , screenwriter

Aguero, Sergio , film producer

Linde, David, 1960- , film producer

Kaufman, Amy , film producer

Verdú, Maribel, 1970- , actor

García Bernal, Gael, 1978- , actor

Luna, Diego, 1979- , actor

Aura, Martha , actor

Bracho, Diana , actor

Echevarría, Emilio , actor

Ríos, Arturo, 1952- , actor

López Mercado, Ana, 1981- , actor

Grinberg, Nathan , actor

Almeida, Andrés , actor

Palacios, Silverio , actor

Sérbulo, Mayra , actor

López, Andrea , actor

Giménez Cacho, Daniel , actor

Lubezki, Emmanuel , director of photography

Diaque, Gabriela , costume designer

Alvarez, Miguel Angel , art director

Žižek, Slavoj , interviewee

Taylor, Charles (Film critic) , writer of added commentary

Producciones Anhelo , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Jorge Vergara Producciones , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

IFC Films , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Good Machine International , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

In Spanish with optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Y tu mamá también (Motion picture)

Included Works:

Me la debes (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 723

Alternate Titles:

Known in English as: And your mother too

Subjects:

Teenage boys — Mexico — Mexico City — Drama

Older women — Drama

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) — Drama

Teenage boys

Older women

Triangles (Interpersonal relations)

Mexico — Mexico City

Genres:

Motion pictures

Coming-of-age films

Dark comedy films

Erotic films

Road films

Comedy films

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: Maribel Verdú, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Marta Aura, Diana Bracho, Emilio Echevarría, Arturo Ríos, Ana López Mercado, Nathan Grinberg, Verónica Langer, María Aura, Giselle Audirac, Andrés Almeida, Juan Carlos Remolina, Liboria Rodríguez, Silverio Palacios, Mayra Sérbulo, Andrea López, Amaury Sérbulo ; narrated by Daniel Gimenez Cacho.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editor, Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez ; music supervisors, Liza Richardson, Annette Fradera ; art director, Miguel Álvarez ; costume designer, Gabriela Diaque.

General Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features : New, restored 2K digital film transfer ; Two new pieces on the making of the film, featuring interviews with actors, cowriter Carlos Cuarón, and Lubezki ; New interview with philosopher Slavoj Žižek ; On-set documentary from 2001 ; Deleted scenes ; You owe me one (2002), a short film by Carlos Cuarón ; Trailers ; New English subtitle translation.

Audience:

Rating: Unrated; edited U.S. theatrical release: MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content involving teens, drug use and language; CHV rating: 18A (taken from previous edition).

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (71 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; DTS-HD Master Audio

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

YTU 2001 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681438399
1681438399

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515259613
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3258BD

OCLC Numbers:

1255183725