Rudo Y Cursi

Casey scored some premiere tickets for a Sundance film tonight. We went to the new Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna film entitled "Rudo Y Cursi." It was actually a really fantastic film about two brothers who make it big in Mexico City as soccer players. The film was introduced and followed up with a Q&A by the directing/producing team that made such films as Babel, Pan's Labyrinth and Y Tu Mama Tambien...AND...Gael Garcia himself was there! OMG! He is super short in person. 

I highly recommend this very entertaining film when it hits regular movie theaters, especially if you are as big of a fan of GGB as I am. Here's a synopsis if you are curious.

Y Tu Mamá También costars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna are reunited on the big screen in Rudo y Cursi, a delightful romp of a comedy drama deftly directed by Carlos Cuaron.Beto (Luna) and Tato (Bernal) are a pair of rivaling, dim-witted brothers who work on a dusty banana ranch and play soccer for their local team. Beto, a goalie whose hot temper on the field earns him the nickname of Rudo, dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, while Tato wants to be a famous singer. They both share the dream of building a big house for their mother, Elvira, but all of their desires seem completely out of reach, that is, until a talent scout, Batuta, discovers their skill on the field. To Beto’s chagrin, it is Tato, whose curlicue field play earns him the nickname of Cursi, who is chosen to become a star player. Not to be bested, Beto scores a goalie position on a rival team, further intensifying the competition between them. But success makes the brothers confront their own personal demons and sets them on a chase for more than just soccer balls.Cuaron keeps the energy high and the laughter rolling even as he crafts a moral into the story. But even if the dueling brothers do find a way out of the banana ranch, will the banana ranch ever find a way out of them?
CAST
Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Guillermo Fracella