Rudo & Cursi

Rudo & Cursi

7.1IMDb Score
Released:2008-12-19
Duration:102 min
Director:Carlos Cuarón
Actors:Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia, Adriana Paz
Production:Cha Cha Chá, Focus Features International

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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