Are you Rudo or Cursi?

Amidst the big budget blockbusters that start exploding onscreen in the coming weeks (think Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation, Up, etc...) there's Rudo Y Cursi, a little Mexican movie that will be moseying along too, hoping for a few scraps.

Why does this little south of the border flick matter?

It reunites the creative team behind 2001's brilliant coming of age road trip movie, Y Tu Mamá También. That film's stars, Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, The Science of Sleep) and Diego Luna (The Terminal, Milk) have since, of course, spread their wings, as has their director, Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter, Children of Men).

The whole gang is back together for another Mexican tale, this time directed by Cuaron's screenwriting partner, his brother Carlos.

It's a tale of two country brothers, lured to the big city with dreams of soccer goals and songs of praise.

Hopefully this team has another ace up its sleeves, because you rarely get the sheer magic in a bottle that was Y Tu Mamá También. Keep an eye out for Rudo Y Cursi at the arthouses near you this summer.



UPDATE 5/5/09: The film is scheduled to open in Denver on May 15 at both the Mayan and Greenwood Village Landmark Theatres.