Rudo Y Cursi Themes
Money in Mexican Society
Rudo y Cursi, which translated means Rough and Corny, is a Mexican movie produced in 2008 and directed by Carlos Cuaron. It was produced by Cha cha cha films, a production company created by Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu. The main characters of the movie, the brothers Rudo and Cursi, belong to a lower class family and live in a small village near the Pacific coast in Mexico. They work on a banana plantation, and they both share the dream of building a house for their mother. They get the chance to become professional football players and move to Mexico City, but both fail due to various reasons and end up back in their hometown in the end. The movie is a comical drama and a satire on contemporary social issues in Mexico, like gender roles, drugs and capitalism. In this …show more content…
This quote describes well Maya’s situation. Even though Cursi does everything she wants for her, and she also seems to like him, she leaves him once he is not as successful as he used to be anymore. It is not about what he does, but about what he has. However, in the end, when watching Cursi’s last game on television, she does not seem to be happy about him losing. She might have realised that it is not the money, but the person that counts.
Towards the end of the movie Rudi receives a phone call from his mother, announcing the marriage of their younger sister Nadia to Don Casimiro, a drug lord who moved to their city recently. At first, Rudi is concerned, as there were rumours about him and his men, like beheading people on the coast. But Elvira reassures him that those are nothing but gossip, and defends Don Casimiro, saying that he is a nice person and already gave them a pick-up truck. Again there is the car as a symbol for money, and after hearing this, Rudo seems to accept and welcome the choice of his sister to marry Don
Rudo y Cursi, which translated means Rough and Corny, is a Mexican movie produced in 2008 and directed by Carlos Cuaron. It was produced by Cha cha cha films, a production company created by Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu. The main characters of the movie, the brothers Rudo and Cursi, belong to a lower class family and live in a small village near the Pacific coast in Mexico. They work on a banana plantation, and they both share the dream of building a house for their mother. They get the chance to become professional football players and move to Mexico City, but both fail due to various reasons and end up back in their hometown in the end. The movie is a comical drama and a satire on contemporary social issues in Mexico, like gender roles, drugs and capitalism. In this …show more content…
This quote describes well Maya’s situation. Even though Cursi does everything she wants for her, and she also seems to like him, she leaves him once he is not as successful as he used to be anymore. It is not about what he does, but about what he has. However, in the end, when watching Cursi’s last game on television, she does not seem to be happy about him losing. She might have realised that it is not the money, but the person that counts.
Towards the end of the movie Rudi receives a phone call from his mother, announcing the marriage of their younger sister Nadia to Don Casimiro, a drug lord who moved to their city recently. At first, Rudi is concerned, as there were rumours about him and his men, like beheading people on the coast. But Elvira reassures him that those are nothing but gossip, and defends Don Casimiro, saying that he is a nice person and already gave them a pick-up truck. Again there is the car as a symbol for money, and after hearing this, Rudo seems to accept and welcome the choice of his sister to marry Don