Rudo & Cursi (2008) on Netflix
Half-brothers Tato and Beto work a banana plantation and play local soccer. Tato dreams of singing, Beto of playing professionally. A scout offers just one of them a tryout in Mexico City.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.8/109,769 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
Tato and Beto, half-brothers from Tachatlán, a farming village in Jalisco's Cihuatlán Valley, work the banana plantations. Beto, the older, keeps goal in the local matches and dreams of playing professionally; Tato, the striker, would rather sing, though he has no ear for it, and he has his eye on Maya, a television spokes-model. Their household is crowded, with their mother and stepfather, their sister Nadia, and Toña, Beto's wife, and children, and money is short. Batuta, a soccer scout, watches them play. His roster is full, so he can take only one brother to Mexico City, and a penalty shot settles which of them goes.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rudo & Cursi (2008)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The banana plantation where the half-brothers work in Rudo y Cursi is actually owned by the Cuarón family — the family of the film's director, Carlos Cuarón.
- Carlos Cuarón first formed the idea for Rudo y Cursi while on a promotional tour for Y tu mamá también; he initially planned only one character, then decided to add a brother.
- For his role as Tato, Gael García Bernal wore blonde extensions to lengthen his hair, while Diego Luna dyed his hair black and grew a mustache to play the older brother Beto.
