Analysis Of Y Tu Mamá También

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In Y Tu Mamá También, two young men, Tenoch and Julio, are accompanied by a beautiful woman, Luisa, on a trip to a secluded beach on the Mexican coastline. Luisa, a married woman who secretly knows she is dying from an unnamed illness, joins the immature teenagers in an effort to find personal peace for herself and escape her failing marriage in her last days. The three companions spend three or so days in a small car together in which they learn about themselves, each other, and the relationships that bind them together. The film's director, Alfonso Cuarón, is a prominent Mexican filmmaker and wanted to use the movie as a way to also highlight the cultural and political landscape of Mexico in addition to telling the story of the three travelers. This mixture of the main story and the references to a greater nationwide conflict, such as classism, creates a complex, …show more content…

At the start of the movie, she is in a marriage in which she knows that her husband is cheating on her, but she does not have anyone else to turn to due to a history of tragic death in her family. She soon finds out that she has a limited amount of time left to live, and decides to accept Julio and Tenoch's invitation to travel with them to the beach. At the beginning of the journey, Luisa is very reserved with the boys. However, through their time spent in the car together, she opens up to them emotionally and later sexually. Luisa speaks of how in her younger days, she had an exciting boyfriend and the fun they had together, but that ended after both his death and her own family tragedy. In this movie, Luisa is reclaiming that happiness for herself in her last days and is seizing her own independence and decision-making ability after finally leaving her cheating husband. Luisa transforms, or appears to revert back, into her younger self, a version of her that is far freer and

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