Rudo & Cursi

Dec 19, 2008

1h 42m

★ 7.0

Even when your luck runs out, some things never change.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Focus Features

Cha Cha Chá

Universal Pictures

Rudo & Cursi Trailers

Cast

Tato

Gael García Bernal

Beto

Diego Luna

Batuta

Guillermo Francella

Elvira

Dolores Heredia

Toña

Adriana Paz

Maya

Jessica Mas

Jorge W

Salvador Zerboni

Nadia

Tania Esmeralda Aguilar

Arnulfo

Joaquín Cosío

Don Casimiro

Alfredo Alfonso

DT Obdulio

Fermín Martínez

DT Bruno López

Eduardo Von

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