'Tu Mama' reveals life's truths via sex
Film
As part of a bold new crop of Mexican films, Alfonso Cuar--n's "Y Tu Mamý Tambi*n" (And Your Mother Too) takes the realism of "Amores Perros" into the bedroom. While it certainly attracts attention, the carnal sex of Cuar--n's film is neither overdone nor ubiquitous, but it still plays a very significant role.
"Y Tu Mamý Tambi*n" uses sex to elicit truth from its characters, who, like typical teenagers, often ignore the world around them and create "personal mythologies," to use the words of the film's unnamed omniscient narrator. Cuar--n dances delicately around blatant...
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