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Rudo & Cursi

2008 · 102 min

A wry, bittersweet ride through fame's false promises, funny and sad in equal measure, with a lingering ache.

Directed by
Carlos Cuarón
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella
Tagline
Even when your luck runs out, some things never change.
Overview
Tato and Beto are poor stepbrothers living on a banana plantation in Mexico. Both are talented soccer players, but their dreams lay elsewhere: tone-deaf Tato wants to be a singer, while Beto is content to remain on the plantation. One day, a sports agent sees the two young men playing soccer and offers to take one of them to Mexico City for a chance at sports stardom.

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Directed by
Carlos Cuarón
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Carlos Cuarón
Written by
Carlos Cuarón
Starring
Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia, Adriana Paz, Jessica Mas, Salvador Zerboni, Tania Esmeralda Aguilar
Music
Felipe Pérez-Santiago, Leoncio Lara
Cinematography
Adam Kimmel
Runtime
102 min
Country
Mexico, United Kingdom
Languages
Spanish

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