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Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu makes an electrifying directorial debut with AMORES PERROS, an energetic, assured motion picture that jumps off the screen with a seemingly boundless energy. Told in three separate chapters--OCTAVIO AND SUSANA, DANIEL AND VALERIA, and EL CHIVO AND MARU--the film concerns the issue of love in the lives of several individuals residing in modern day Mexico City. Octavio (Gael Garcia Bernal) has fallen in love with his brother's wife, Susana (Vanessa Bauche). He begins entering his dog in illegal dogfights in order to save up enough money to run away with her, but eventually learns a powerful lesson when she fails to keep her word. Meanwhile, Daniel (Alvaro Guerrero) has left his wife and daughters for the gorgeous model Valeria (Goya Toledo), but when she is hurt badly in a car accident, the strain on their relationship is stretched to its limits. Finally, El Chivo (Emilio Echevarria) is an ex-revolutionary who has become a paid assassin. Saddened that he has lost all contact with his daughter, he takes one final stand when an intended act of kindness turns brutally tragic. Shot with hand held immediacy on grainy film stock by Rodrigo Prieto, Iniarritu's invigorating, Oscar-nominated film gets an added jolt of adrenaline from its throbbing soundtrack.

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EAN5060034570011

eBay Product ID (ePID)3947965

Product Key Features

ActorEmilio Echeverria, Jorge Arellano, Laura Almela, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jorge Salinas

Film/TV TitleAmores Perros

DirectorAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

LanguageSpanish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time147 Mins

Release Year2001

FormatDVD

FeaturesTrailer - 1. Original Theatrical\Alternate Scenes with Audio Commentary - 1. Alejandro Gonzßlez Ißrritu - Director\Bonus Footage - 1. Behind the Scenes\Music Videos (3)\Campaign Development\Scene Access\Interactive Menus, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureMexico

ComposerGustavo Santaolaya

Production DesignerBrigitte Broch

Executive ProducerMartha Sosa, Francisco Gonzalez Compean

ReviewsFilm Comment - ...Inarritu's deft eye crafts scenes of realism, depth, and empathy, all of them seething with raw emotional power..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Fierce, loving, and electric, this movie's got bite as well as bark..., Rolling Stone - ...Like all the best movies, you leave AMORES PERROS seeing the world with new eyes..., Premiere - ...Involving. Thanks to Wang's tidy, knowing direction, we are subject to some fresh, unsettling insights..., Movieline - ...Charged with macabre, original and dramatically riveting moments..., Los Angeles Times - AMORES PERROS is in every way a major work....It is fully realized in all ways, ablaze with a raft of vital portrayals and rich in meaning and implication..., USA Today - ...A grabber....Inarritu keeps us involved..., New York Times - ...This film is satisfying....AMORES feels like the first classic of the new decade, with sequences that will probably make their way into history..., Sight and Sound - ...AMORES PERROS is urban hip-hop film-making from Mexico and it's definitely fly...

ScreenwriterGuillermo Arriaga Jordan

Costume DesignerGabriela Diaque

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleAmores Perros

Director of PhotographyRodrigo Prieto