''Yo'' ("Me") is a 2015 Mexican

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film, directed and written by

Matías Meyer Matías is the Spanish version of Matthias. In Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish) and in Portuguese it is unaccented as Matias. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Matías Alemanno, Argentine rugby pl ...

. The film stars Raúl Silva, as a young man, with limited mental skills. He says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. One day he meets Elena, an eleven-year-old girl, who will change his life forever. ''Yo'' is adapted by Meyer and Alexandre Auger from ''Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies'' by French author J.M.G. Le Clézio. ''Yo'' premiered at the 13th

Morelia International Film Festival The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October. F ...

and was awarded for Best Mexican Feature Film and Best Actor for Raúl Silva. The film also received a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the

Ariel Awards of 2016 The 58th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took take place on May 28, 2016, at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. During the cer ...

Cast

*Raúl Silva as Yo *Elizabeth Mendoza as Mamá Yo *Ignacio Rojas Nieto as Pady *Isis Vanesa Cortés as Elena *Mireya Ivonne Morales as Sra. Elia *Alfonso Miguel González as Poncho *Melody Petite as Jenny *Félix Miranda Pérez as Capataz

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2015 films 2015 drama films Mexican drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Mexican films {{2010s-Mexico-film-stub