Film Description
Rudo y Cursi
Director: Carlos Cuaron
Cast: Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal and Dolores Heredia
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles Comedy/Drama, 18 A for pervasive language, sexual content and brief drug use, not recommended for young or sensitive viewers
(USA/Mexico)
"Garcia and Luna share outstanding chemistry together, and provide Rudo y Cursi with a definite edge and generous spirit of bewilderment that keeps the picture engaging."
- Brian Orndorf, Dark Horizons
"Carlos Cuaron's fierce, profane and hilarious comedy about two brothers is not so much about sports as about how we play the game of life."
- Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Synopsis: Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia). They have a change in luck when “Batuta”, a soccer talent scout, discovers them accidentally. Tato is the first to move to the big city where he becomes the star goal scorer for the prestigious Deportivo Amaranto (Amaranto Club). His baroque playing style earns him the nickname of “Corny”. Although Beto feels he has been betrayed and left behind, he soon travels to Mexico City to become the goalkeeper for Atlético Nopaleros (Nopaleros Team). At the peak of glory, they forget all animosity, although it does not last long. At the very real possibility of fulfilling all of their dreams, the siblings must face an innate rivalry as well as their own demons and limitations. Beto is a gambler and allows his addiction to drag him down; Tato is unable to recognize his true talents and squanders every opportunity by pursuing a false idea of celebrity and status. The dream seems to slip through their fingers. And it is at their worst moment that the brothers find forgiveness trying to help each other while casting headlong towards their individual destiny.
Official website: www.sonyclassics.com/rudoycursi/Screening:
Saturday October 24, 2009, 6:00 PM, Imperial 8 Cinemas, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Awards:
- WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD, FOREIGN FETURE, NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL, 2009
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