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Rudo y Cursi Plot

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

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  • 3.5/5
By Shine Mathew
Engaging and humorous off-field football drama that is a delight for football lovers

I've seen quite a number of football movies being a big football fan. There are lots of biographies and dramtic football movies but none like Rudo y Cursi. First of all, even though the two central characters are footballers, most of the film takes place outside the football field. In fact we get to see the ball being kicked around only a couple of times throughout the movie. It may seem that this movie hardly qualifies as a football movie, but it is not so. The peculiar feature of Rudo y Cursi is that all facets of life are explained through football rules and philosophies. The human life is turned into a strange football metaphor.

Rudo y Cursi is essentially a movie about high-stakes...

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