Amores Perros

Amores Perros

154 mins | Drama, Thriller | June 16, 2000

Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director’s electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers—a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter—collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violence and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld camera work, Amores perros is an unforgettable plunge into a world of brutality and aching, interconnected humanity.

Amores Perros

154 mins | Drama, Thriller | June 16, 2000

Amores Perros
Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director’s electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers—a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter—collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violence and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld camera work, Amores perros is an unforgettable plunge into a world of brutality and aching, interconnected humanity.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Altavista Films, Zeta Film (MX)
Original title Amores perros
Directors Carlos Hidalgo, Adrian Grünberg, Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers Guillermo Arriaga

Cast

Gael García Bernal

as Octavio

Vanessa Bauche

as Susana

Goya Toledo

as Valeria

Álvaro Guerrero

as Daniel

Emilio Echevarría

as El Chivo

Jorge Salinas

as Luis

Rodrigo Murray

as Gustavo

Humberto Busto

as Jorge

Gerardo Campbell

as Mauricio

Rosa María Bianchi

as Tía Luisa

Dunia Saldívar

as Mama Susana

Adriana Barraza

as Mama Octavio

José Sefami

as Leonardo

Marco Pérez

as Ramiro

Laura Almela

as Julieta

Dagoberto Gama

as Alvaro

Rodrigo Ostap

as El jaibo

Patricio Castillo

as Doctor

Roberto Medina

as Conductor de T.V.

Carlos Samperio

as Hombre deshuesadero

Mauricio Martínez

as Judicial

Ricardo Dalmacci

as Andrés Salgado

Gustavo Muñoz

as El Chispas