Amores Perros

Name: Amores Perros
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2000-06-16
Duration: 2 h 34 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero

Love. Betrayal. Death.

Amores perros (2000)

Timing: 2:34 (154 min)

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Release date

2000-06-16

Country

Mexico

Production

Zeta Film, Altavista Films

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$2 000 000

Revenue

$20 908 467

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Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Actors

Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Jorge Salinas, Marco Pérez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Gerardo Campbell
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Guillermo Arriaga

Producer

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Martha Sosa Elizondo, Francisco González Compeán

Operator

Rodrigo Prieto

Composer

Gustavo Santaolalla

Artist

Audition

Manuel Teil, Sonia Guerrero, Jorge Guerrero

Editing

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Luis Carballar, Fernando Pérez Unda
All team (60)

Short description

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

What's left behind the scenes

Each of the three stories features dogs – Spanish: perros.
The car crash scene was filmed simultaneously with nine cameras, including two on rooftops and one hidden camera in a trash can. The stunt driver was in a black car, while in the model car was an animatronic doll controlled remotely.
Unlike most films, the disclaimer that no animals were harmed during production appears at the beginning of the film, rather than after the end credits.
The television programs shown in the film are early works by Iñárritu on television.
"Negro" (Spanish for Black) – the nickname El Chivo gives his dog at the end of the film – is a well-known pseudonym of the film’s director.
The bus driver asking Octavio if he's ready to go is Gael García Bernal's father, who played the role of Octavio.
On one of the newspaper pages El Chivo is reading, a poster for Alejandro Amenábar's film "Open Your Eyes" is printed.
The main role was offered to Edgar Ramirez, but he declined.
Alejandro González Iñárritu appeared in a cameo in the film's second episode. He plays one of the journalists in the office where Daniel works.
On one of the pages of the newspaper that El Chivo is reading, there is a poster for Alejandro Amenábar's film 'Open Your Eyes.'

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