Rudo y Cursi

Carlos Cuarón, who co-wrote the script for his brother Alfonso Cuarón's breakthrough hit, Y Tu Mamá También, makes his feature directorial debut with Rudo y Cursi. The film also reunites the stars of the earlier film, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, and is the first release from the production ...more

The devil himself couldn’t have drawn up a better scheme. The Verdusco brothers work at a banana plantation in rural Mexico and dream of someday leaving their village behind for a better life. Beto is a tough soccer goalie who fantasizes about making the big time, Tato envisions a life of music. One day while playing soccer, a mysterious man named Batuta (Guillermo Francella) arrives in a red corvette and offers them the chance to get out. Under one condition: One brother must shoot a goal ...more

Carlos Cuarón, who co-wrote the script for his brother Alfonso Cuarón's breakthrough hit, Y Tu Mamá También, makes his feature directorial debut with Rudo y Cursi. The film also reunites the stars of the earlier film, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, and is the first release from the production company Alfonso started with Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu, Cha Cha Chá. Rudo y Cursi depicts the changing relationship between two brothers who become soccer stars. Beto (Luna), ...more