Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature debut from Alejandro 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 (Gael García Bernal) mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman (Goya Toledo) who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin (Emilio Echevarría) 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.
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Supplements
- New interview with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and filmmaker Pawe? Pawlikowski
- New conversation between Alejandro G. Iñárritu and actors Adriana Barraza, Vanessa Bauche, and Gael García Bernal
- Perros, amores, accidentes, a new documentary on the making of the film featuring behind-the-scenes footage
- Rehearsal footage with narration by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- New interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla
- New video essay by film scholar Paul Julian Smith
- Deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Rodrigo Prieto
- Music videos for songs from the film’s soundtrack by Control Machete, Café Tacvba, and Julieta Venegas
- Trailer
- Essays by critic Fernanda Solórzano and author Juan Villoro