Interview: Writer/Director Carlos Cuarón – RUDO Y CURSI — Talking about the world of soccer, the success of Mexican directors, and how I totally missed the point of his movie.
Written by Matt Goldberg
While it probably makes guys like Lou Dobbs and Tom Tancredo cry themselves to sleep at night, Mexican auteurs are making it big in America and worldwide. While it is debatable where their phenomenal success began, there’s a strong argument to be made that it started with 2002′s “Y Tu Mamá También” co-written by Carlos Cuarón and co-written and directed by his brother Alfonso Cuarón who has gone on to direct “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and “Children of Men”. Now Carlos Cuarón makes his feature-film directing debut with the funny and charming “Rudo y Cursi” which reunites “Y tu mamá” stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal as soccer-playing brothers who are winners on the pitch but losers at about everything else. I spoke with Cuarón about the message and theme of his film, the politics …