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- Forbidden LoveSiblings RelationsUrban Ghetto LifeDangerLife is a BitchMind and SoulSocietyFamily Relations more...
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- DramaForeign
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- Contemporary21st Century
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- MexicoUrban Ghetto
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Amores Perros, 2000
Spanish
Mexico
Profile of Amores Perros
Amores Perros can be described as bleak, tense, and captivating. The plot revolves around life in an urban ghetto, forbidden love, and sibling relations. The main genres are drama and foreign. In terms of style, Amores Perros is nonlinear, involves multiple stories, and is episodic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Mexico. Amores Perros takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves sexual content and violent content.
Summary of Amores Perros
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 deals with 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, Iniarritu's invigorating, Oscar-nominated film gets an added jolt of adrenaline from its throbbing soundtrack.
Details
| Language: | Spanish |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Release date: | October 2000 |
| Runtime: | 154 min |
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
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- by: Peter Brunette
Users Reviews
- 18.March.2009
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- by: Stephen
- Stephen rated this movie
8/10Great
- 10.September.2008
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- by: barak gilon
- barak gilon rated this movie8/10Great
