"Mamacita" Tenoch Iturbide screams while having an orgasm after sex with the beautiful Luisa Cortés, in a hotel room in Mexico. A dream of many teenage boys has just been turned into a reality by one half of the Charolastra's. What follows this is a series of events that end a life and subsequently a friendship. What started as an innocent trip down to a make-believe beach turns into a morbid look inside ourselves.
After viewing this film I felt like a gaping whole in my heart had just been filled. The impeccable screenplay from Alfonso Cuaron speaks louder then just what's on the screen. A glimpse into the lives of two sexually active boys, from two different financial backgrounds raises powerful questions as to what life is all about.
In the last 20 minutes of Y Tu Mama Tambien, we witness a friendship ruined by potential sexual relations after one drunken night.
As I sit in my room, I wonder: "what really happened in that hotel room?" Sure, one might conclude that both Tenoch and Julio engaged in sexual relations with not only Luisa, but with each other but I think that was but a mere formality amongst the two boys. Director Cuaron leaves it open to the viewer to know what happened in that hotel room. But from the narration and the awkard meeting in the Coffee shop, we are left to believe they did have sexual relations.
I personally think the film was made to be percieved on a larger scale then what we see on screen. The death of Luisa symbolises how death can come to us at anytime. Lusia chose to take life head-on and not sit around and mope about her cheating husband or her cancer. She went on a journey with two boys and taught them the meaning of life, love and friendship. Maybe Julio and Tenoch weren't meant to be friends. Maybe this trip was a way to help clarify it for them. Maybe they weren't friends at all. Maybe the films purpose was to show us how FUCKED up this world is. How your husband can cheat on you, you can be diagnosed with cancer, and your best friend can sleep with your girlfriend.
All my thought were changed with the final shot. Julio standing in the coffee shop, asking for the check. His eyes gazing at the door that just opened for the departure of his former best friends. Did Julio love Tenoch more than just friends? Was this trip with Luisa but a mere catalyst in Julio revealing his true feelings for Tenoch?
All these questions are impossible to answer. But, one thing has to be said about this film.
Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea.
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