Amores Perros Movie Review 2000

A Mexico City car accident and the fortunes of a dog bring together three stories of love, loss, and redemption in director/producer Gonzalez Inarritu's impressive feature debut. Octavio's love for his brother's wife leads him to enter his dog, Cofi, in a dogfight for elopement money. When Cofi is wounded, it leads to a car chase, and the central accident. A woman, Valeria, is injured and permanently scarred in the accident. This affects her beau, who has just left his family to be with her. A homeless man, a former revolutionary turned hitman, witnesses the crash and rescues the dog, who becomes a part of his search for his estranged daughter. The plot structure invites comparisons to Tarantino, but these characters inhabit a more consequences-and-morality-oriented world than Q's characters ever did. Film came under fire from animal rights activists for the dogfight scenes, although it was made clear from the start that no animals were actually harmed.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 153 minutes.
Originally from Mexican.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mexico, Homeless, King of Beasts (Dogs), Hit Men/Women, Betrayal, Jealousy, Brothers & Sisters, Flashback, Romantic Triangles

Screenplay

Guillermo Arriaga

Cast

Vanessa Bauche, Emilio Echeverria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Jorge Salinas, Marco Perez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Gerardo Campbell, Rosa Maria Bianchi, Dunia Saldivar, Adriana Barraza

Cinematography

Rodrigo Prieto

Director

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Music

Gustavo Santaolalla

Other

Martin Hernandez, Lynn Fainchtein, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Luis Carballar, Fernando Perez Unda, Gabriela Diaque, Brigitte Broch

Producer

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Altavista, Zeta Films, Lions Gate Films

Awards

British Acad. 2001: Foreign Film; Natl. Bd. of Review 2001: Foreign Film.