Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 10/22/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Mexican-born, New York-based filmmaker
Alfonso Cuarón 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 García 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 Verdú) -- 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.
~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
;)
