Amores Perros (2000)
Coming Out at 16 June 2000 in theaters.
“Love’s a Bitch”
Drama, Thriller
Amores perros is crime drama thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. Amores perros is the first installment in González Iñárritu’s “Trilogy of Death”, succeeded by 21 Grams and Babel. It makes use of the multi-narrative hyperlink cinema style and features an ensemble cast. The film is constructed as a triptych: it contains three distinct stories connected by a car accident in Mexico City. The stories centre on a teenager in the slums who gets involved in dogfighting; a model who seriously injures her leg; and a mysterious hitman. The stories are linked in various ways, including the presence of dogs in each of them.
The title is a pun in Spanish; the word “perros”, which literally means “dogs”, can also be used to refer to misery, so that it roughly means ‘bad loves’ with canine connotations. The film was released under its Spanish title in the English-speaking world, although it was sometimes translated as Love’s a Bitch in marketing.
The soundtrack includes songs by Latin American rock bands including Café Tacuba, Control Machete, and Bersuit Vergarabat. Amores perros was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000 and won the Ariel Award for Best Picture from the Mexican Academy of Film.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
Stars: Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Perez
Cast:
| Emilio Echevarría | … | El Chivo |
| Gael García Bernal | … | Octavio |
| Goya Toledo | … | Valeria |
| Álvaro Guerrero | … | Daniel |
| Vanessa Bauche | … | Susana |
| Jorge Salinas | … | Luis |
| Marco Pérez | … | Ramiro |
| Rodrigo Murray | … | Gustavo |
| Humberto Busto | … | Jorge |
| Gerardo Campbell | … | Mauricio |
| Rosa María Bianchi | … | Tía Luisa (Aunt Luisa) |
| Dunia Saldívar | … | Mama Susana (Susana’s Mother) |
| Adriana Barraza | … | Mama Octavio (Octavio’s Mother) |
| José Sefami | … | Leonardo |
| Lourdes Echevarría | … | Maru |
| Laura Almela | … | Julieta |
| Ricardo Dalmacci | … | Andrés Salgado |
| Gustavo Sánchez Parra | … | Jarocho |
| Dagoberto Gama | … | Alvaro |
| Gustavo Muñoz | … | El Chispas |
| Carlo Bernal | … | Javier |
| Rodrigo Ostap | … | El Jaibo |
| Edgar González | … | Bebe Rodrigo (Baby Rodrigo) |
| Hilda González | … | Cajera (Cashier) |
| Patricio Castillo | … | Doctor |
| Ana María González | … | Enfermera (Nurse) |
| Roberto Medina | … | Conductor de T.V. (TV Announcer) |
| Ángeles Marín | … | Conductora de T.V. (TV Announcer) |
| Carlos Samperio | … | Hombre deshuesadero (Man at Junkyard) |
| Kazuyo Togawa | … | Sra. gorda (Fat Lady) |
| Gema Aparicio | … | Empleada domestica (Maid) |
| Adriana Varone | … | Amante Luis (Luis’s Mistress) |
| Bruno Salgado | … | Champignon |
| Adriana Islas | … | Lina |
| Regina Abad | … | Jimena |
| Leoncio Torres | … | El Pelón |
| Luisa Geliz | … | Secretaria Daniel (Daniel’s Secretary) |
| Jean Paul Bierry | … | Hombre junta (Man at Meeting) |
| Alma Rocío González | … | Mujer junta (Woman at Meeting) |
| Mauricio Martínez | … | Judicial (Judicial Police Agent) |
| Juan Manuel Ramos | … | Policia (Policeman) |
| Ernesto Bog | … | Hombre 1 (Man 1) |
| José Luis Barraza | … | Hombre 2 (Man 2) |
| Jorge Arellano | … | Niño cuidador 1 (Boy Caretaker 1) |
| Jonathan Herrera | … | Niño cuidador 2 (Boy Caretaker 2) |
| Heriberto Castillo | … | Extraño (Stranger) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia