You will watch this film more than once, simply because it improves with multiple viewings. There are subtitles in English and French, a production commentary track, some behind-the-scenes footage and, interestingly, a number of music videos featuring the film's haunting tracks (courtesy Gustavo Santaolalla and Antonio Vega). It has a 'restricted viewing' tag for violence, language and sexuality, so letting the children play someplace else might be a good idea before you slide it into your player. The only part that sags is the story of Daniel and Valeria, which comes across as rather theatrical when placed alongside the tales preceding and following it. Life-altering chaos maybe just around the corner. What starts off in one way need not end predictably. Amores Perros makes us realise, skilfully, that little divides ugliness from beauty. It is the kind of violence a number of rural communities in India would probably identify with a lot easily, considering they live with the same attitude of fatalism many of us are sheltered from. What non-Mexican audiences need to understand is that Mexican culture is inundated by violence, whether physical or vocal, that springs from a resignation to life's brutality. What may initially come across as gratuitous, then, eventually proves real. But Gonzalez's skill comes to the fore when he manages, in the midst of this aggression, to highlight the pain and passion felt by the central characters. Yes, the hostility is prodigious and present throughout. Apart from what it does to him, the accident also changes Valeria's and El Chivo's lives completely.Ĭalling Amores Perros a violent film is an understatement comparing it to Pulp Fiction, a mistake. It happens as Octavio flees from the thugs after a dogfight gone awry. The accident - with which the film opens and which we visit three times hence - knots these stories together. Meanwhile, he also sets out to find the daughter he lost decades ago.
El Chivo finds something interesting about his victim though, and decides to change the rules of the job. He is hired by a man who wants his partner killed. The former (Emilio Echevarria) is an ex-radical, who now lives like a vagrant with street dogs and works as a hit man. He ends his marriage to live with her, but their happiness is marred when Valeria's dog falls through a hole in the living room floor. A married television producer (Alvaro Guerrero) falls for a stunning model (Goya Toledo). Octavio uses the family dog Cofi to win big, but his luck runs out when he messes with thugs who control the fights. Mexico's underbelly comes to his rescue, in the form of violent dog fighting. He wants to take her away when he earns enough, but she resists him. Played by the delectable Gael Garcia Bernal and a tentative Vanessa Bauche, this is about a young man in love with his brother's wife.
And at the core of these tales is a terrible car accident. There are three stories, to be exact, set in Mexico City and all carefully examined to reveal the fragility of human existence.
All you need to know is that this is a film about love stories, played out against a backdrop in which dogs roam freely.ĭirected by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - who gave us the splendid 21 Grams in 2003 - Amores Perros boasts an elaborate screenplay (Guillermo Arriaga) and arresting performances that more than do justice to it. That, in my humble opinion, is simply not the point.
Some believe the title, in translation, means Love's a Bitch. If it were a film like Amores Perros, however, it would do well for you to make an exception. In the end, even though all the weary characters, men and beasts, wish for a bright future, in this life-changing journey in the pursuit of love, sometimes infidelity, sin and death can get in the way.Reading film subtitles for 150 minutes may not seem like the best thing to do on a weekend. Lastly, Chivo, an ex-guerrilla vagabond, after abandoning his little daughter, unable to make up for lost time, he channels his love to the city's strays and a mortally wounded Rottweiler. And then unexpectedly, Valeria, a stunning woman and famous supermodel, will cross paths with Octavio, while in the meantime, her pampered little dog Richie manages to vanish into thin air in the confined space of her apartment. Octavio, a rebellious adolescent who is secretly in love with his sister-in-law, dreams of escaping his miserable life, and for this reason, he enters reluctantly the obscure world of dog fighting with his lethal dog Cofi. Storyline: Amores Perros (2000) On the brink of the new Millennium in the bustling City of Mexico, one horrible car accident intertwines inextricably the lives of three perfect strangers.
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