Movie
Rudo & Cursi
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-19
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cha Cha Chá, Focus Features International
- Country
- Mexico, United Kingdom
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Tato
- Diego Luna as Beto
- Guillermo Francella as Batuta
- Dolores Heredia as Elvira
- Adriana Paz as Toña
- Jessica Mas as Maya
- Salvador Zerboni as Jorge W
- Tania Esmeralda Aguilar as Nadia
- Joaquín Cosío as Arnulfo
- Alfredo Alfonso as Don Casimiro
- Fermín Martínez as DT Obdulio
- Eduardo Von as DT Bruno López
Crew
- Carlos Cuarón - Director
- Carlos Cuarón - Screenplay
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