There is something about Spanish movies that reminds my of Indonesian movies, something to do with cultural ingrained behavior. It always involves family, and a bit of myths or superstitions.
Very much like Y Tu Mama Tambien, the story is also about a journey, a coming of age journey of two men. Rudo and Tato, Tato later becomes Cursi. Which means camp, or flashy in English. They are laborers working for a sugar cane (or corn-couldn't tell the difference). They are born from the same mom but different dad. Rudo (Luna) is older one, he is a goalie, and is married with two kids. Tato (Bernal) stars as the younger brother. A couple of hicks from a nowhere town in Mexico, who are good at playing football. It is the only thing they have in common, is football that stems brotherhood that stems from the need of belonging to a group. Apart from that, Cursi is the dreamer who believes the father he never knew was French, which is how inherited the love for singing. Rudo is uptight, who has a addiction for gambling.
The lives of the two changed when they were picked up by a sleazy talent scout. They went to Mexico city and work their way up the ladder while getting sucked in for their addiction even more. Cursi's issue is to be accepted for what he likes best, singing campy songs. Rudo gambles all he has including his love for football.
The movie is narrated - as all Spanish movies do - by the voice to the scoundrel talent scout, who claims to love football, too. We see, how badly corrupted football is actually. We see the family is struggling to keep reaching for their dreams that are spoon fed by evil hands. It's a story about chasing after your dreams, getting it and paying for your own nature as human beings with flaws. But they Bernal and Luna played it, makes me not hate them for their fall. They didn't change in the end, a couple of hicks who ended up as a couple of hicks.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that!
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