Amores Perros (2000)

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Mexico

Feature Film

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Writer: Guillermo Arriaga

Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto

Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla

Cast: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Pérez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto

A devastating car crash on a busy Mexico City street – in González Iñárritu’s visceral, ambitious debut – brings together three separate narratives, each exploring in some way the effects of loss: in the first, a young man from a poor district resorts to dog fighting in the hope of getting his sister-in-law away from her abusive husband; in the second, a famous model, who has just moved in with her boyfriend, who has just left his wife, loses a leg in a car crash: in the third, an ageing revolutionary turned hitman rediscovers his estranged daughter whilst preparing for a hit. Iain.Stott