| In Movie Theaters: | Friday, May 8, 2009 in 70 theaters |
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| On Blu-ray & DVD: | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Released; Now Available Buy or Rent Availability |
| Director: | Carlos Cuarón |
| Cast: more cast | Gael García Bernal Diego Luna |
| Companies: | Sony Picture Classics & 2 more |
| Rating: | R for pervasive language, sexual content and brief drug use. |
Storyline
Tato (Gael García Bernal) and Beto (Diego Luna), two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico, have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans; a friendly game of soccer leads to first one, then the other being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout, Batuta, and gives rise to the first of many emotional head to heads between brothers. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes—fame, riches, fast cars, and beautiful women. But every dream has a dark side, and when they are forced to compete on rival teams, bitterness brews between them. Mutual trust gives way to resentment and betrayal, while the dangers of their wild new lifestyles threaten debt and the safety of their entire family. In the end, all will ride on the one big game between their two clubs. Tato and Beto must face each other on the pitch but also reunite again as brothers before they lose everything they had once dreamed of.
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Production Updates (20)
- From Fri., July 24, 2009 to Thu., January 15, 2009
- Movie Insider Fri., July 24, 2009
- added the soundtrack release date of June 9, 2009
- added the Blu-ray release date of August 25, 2009
- added the DVD release date of August 25, 2009
- added a poster to the gallery
- added Sony Picture Classics as a distributor
- changed the film release date from TBA 2009 to May 8, 2009
- set the MPAA rating to R (for pervasive language, sexual content and brief drug use)
- added Diego Luna to the credits
- added Gael García Bernal to the credits
- changed the film release date from TBA 2009 to March 8, 2009
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