Y tu mamá también (Spanish for And Your Mother Too)[1][2][3][4] is a 2001 Mexican coming-of-age comedy drama road film[5][6][7][8][9] directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos.

[10] It follows two teenage boys who take a road trip with a woman in her late twenties and stars Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, and Maribel Verdú, with narration by Daniel Giménez Cacho.

It is set in 1999 against the backdrop of Mexico's political and economic realities, specifically at the end of the uninterrupted seven decades of presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the rise of the opposition led by Vicente Fox.

In addition to directing and co-writing the film, Cuarón also produced it with Jorge Vergara and edited it alongside Alex Rodríguez.

Their plans for fun, however, deteriorate and they spend time smoking pot, swimming in a country club and at one point masturbating together on diving boards.

Trying to impress her, the boys describe a fictitious secluded beach called Boca del Cielo ("Heaven's Mouth"), to which they invite her.

Days later she visits a doctor for some test results, and receives a drunken call from Jano who tearfully confesses an infidelity.

After being shoved away by Julio while trying to intervene, Luisa angrily berates their immaturity and sexual incompetence, dismisses their rivalry as closeted homosexuality, and walks away.

They make camp near the sea and meet a local fishing family who boats them to an isolated beach, coincidentally called Boca del Cielo.

They spend the night in a nearby village, where Luisa makes another phone call to Jano to bid him an affectionate but final farewell.

[14] After working on Great Expectations and A Little Princess, Alfonso Cuarón envisioned a film that was not influenced by production techniques used in Hollywood cinema.

"[15] Additionally, Cuarón has cited Adieu Philippine, a 1962 French New Wave film, as a crucial inspiration for Y tu mamá también.

In Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuarón reimagined the American road movie genre to depict Mexico's geography, politics, people, and culture.

In an interview, Cuarón said it all went "back to our original idea of 15 years ago, in which we would do a low-budget road movie that would allow us to go with some young actors and semi-improvise scenes and have a bare storyline but not be afraid of adding things as we went.

The website's critical consensus states, "Led by a triumvirate of terrific performances, Alfonso Cuarón's free-spirited road trip through Mexico is a sexy and wistful hymn to the fleetingness of youth".

[32] The MPAA's presumed treatment of the film based on the graphic depiction of sex, nudity and drug use in comparison to its much more accepting standards regarding violence, prompted critic Roger Ebert to question why movie industry professionals were not outraged: "Why do serious film people not rise up in rage and tear down the rating system that infantilizes their work?

They took legal action to expose the government-controlled ratings board, prompting its transformation into an autonomous organization free of government involvement and political influence.

The 18+ rating was administered for strong sexual content, nudity involving teens, drug use, and explicit language, and prevented audiences under 18 from admittance.