Diego e Gael

Good partnerships: here's one thing which has become virtually impossible to be found nowadays. No matter what kind of "business" we're talking about - companies, music, movies, literature, dance or even the so-called "real life" - innovative partnerships are very hard to get or see. Fortunately, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. I could name endless extraordinary musical partnerships we've had throughout the years (Lennon and McCartney; Jagger and Richards; Toquinho and Vinicius, to name just a few) and I'm sure you could add many more to such list. In movies, we've had wonderful combinations as well, such as the funny Three Stooges; the sparkling Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan; Donkey and Shrek; Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro; George Lucas and Steven Spielberg; Woody Allen and Diane Keaton and so on. In the last 10 years, there has been a very good-looking and talented cinematographic fusion that has made me really enthusiastic about the future: the Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal. Whether you've liked Y tu mamá también or not, one thing is pretty clear: these "hunks" are here to stay. Fortunately. In Alfonso Cuarón's 2001 picture, they were still young boys - but rather talented - and the chemistry between them is something both admirable and touching. I'm not only talking about the obvious physical attributes, I mean they are really good actors. Gael has been in many honourable movies such as Amores Perros, The motorcycle Diaries and Almodovar's La Mala Educacion. Diego can be seen at The Terminal and Milk. The Mexican picture Rudo y Cursi, released in 2008, is another opportunity to see this fabulous pair in action. Friends in real life, Gael and Diego have certainly brought new hope for Latin American cinema. God bless them!