Rudo y Cursi (2008)
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Gael García Bernal, left, and Diego Luna in “Rudo y Cursi.”
May 8, 2009
How the Ball Bounces, on the Field and Off
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: May 8, 2009
Beto and Tato Verdusco are half brothers who work together at a banana plantation and live with their extended family in a village in southern Mexico. When the two of them are suddenly (and somewhat improbably) plucked from rural proletarian obscurity and turned into professional soccer players in Mexico City, they achieve fame as Rudo and Cursi, nicknames that can be translated more or less as tough and corny. More
