Y Tu Mama Tambien - Paul Julian Smith (BFI Film Classics) LGBTQ The reality of daily hospital

The reality of daily hospital life is contrasted with a soapy hospital drama we glimpse periodically

A family relies on shoplifting in order to cope with a life of poverty

In 70s Mexico City an indigenous woman works in the home of a middle- class family

A collage of footage from Johnson's long career as a documentary cinematographer which serves as an examination of the relationship between filmmakers and their subjects

Y Tu Mama Tambien - Paul Julian Smith (BFI Film Classics) LGBTQ The reality of daily hospital'Y Tu Mama Tambien' by Paul Julian Smith (BFI Film Classics paperback) A close textual analysis combined with production history of Alfonso Cuaron's film which was hugely successful at home in Mexico and internationally, making stars of Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. Smith pays attention to how the film addresses serious issues of class, gander and race playfully.