Home Features Cayleigh Villanueva January 29th, 2026 - 10:50 AMDiego Luna and Gael García Bernal Star As Tenoch And JulioAt its core, Alfonso Cuarón’s 2001 film Y Tu Mamá También is unapologetically sexual. Julio and Tenoch’s friendship is marked by competition, and while it is clearly driven by machismo culture, an undertone of vulnerability haunts their friendship. Throughout the film, Julio and Tenoch’s friendship is never explicitly labeled as anything. Y Tu Mamá También starts at the turn of the 21st century, a time in which Mexico was undergoing immense political and social upheaval. Instead, she exposed the vulnerabilities that eventually lead to the end of Julio and Tenoch’s friendship.