Y Tu Mam Tambin

A classic of New Mexican Cinema, Y Tu Mam Tambin courted controversy with its explicit depictions of teenage sexuality and its forthright perspective on the countrys inequality. The cinematic sensation gained international accolades for its mixing of genres and film styles and inspired a wide body of writing from both critics and scholars. The multimedia lives of Y Tu Mam Tambin (especially in music, music videos, and social media) have kept the film relevant for audiences too young to have seen it when it debuted. Juan Llamas-Rodriguez revisits Y Tu Mam Tambin after more than two decades of social, industrial, and technological change to show how it astutely captures a particular moment in Mexican history and film production. The film was a turning point for Mexican stardom on the world stage, and the performances and celebrity of its stars, Diego Luna and Gael Garca Bernal, reframed millennial Mexican masculinities. The eclectic and popular bilingual soundtrack is a focal point, read as engendering a queer listening and as an integral aspect of the films queering of time. Rather than being legibly classified as gay or bisexual, Y Tu Mam Tambin flouts sexual mores and national stereotypes and continues to spur new forms of longing and desire among audiences today. Moving beyond heavily debated questions of identity and representation, Llamas-Rodriguez explores the waves of reception, scholarship, celebrity culture, and social media content around Y Tu Mam Tambin that have shaped its queer legacy, and the circuits of influence that enliven global cinema across media and national borders.