Steven Holden wrote in The New York Times that "not since Y Tu Mamá También has a movie so palpably captured the down-to-earth, flesh-and-blood reality of high-spirited people living their lives without self-consciousness."
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Along with his brother, he wrote the screenplay for Y tu mamá también (starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú) and received the Silver Lion for best original screenplay in the 2001 edition of Venice International Film Festival.
In 2001 he participated in the American film The Mexican where she shared credits with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt despite the role he played in this film was not earned principal various international awards in the same year was cast as an Indian peasant in the Mexican film Y tu Mama tambien on Alfonso Cuarón.
The movie has been praised in all of these festivals as well as by directors such as Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también) and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy).