Amores Perros
Short description
Set in Mexico City, Amores Perros follows three people whose lives are drawn together by a car crash. Octavio, a young man, plans to leave with Susana, the wife of his brother, and sees his dog as a way to raise the money they need. Daniel leaves his wife and children to move in with Valeria, a model whose life unravels after the accident. El Chivo, a former communist guerrilla who has become a hitman, takes in a wounded dog and confronts his past. The three stories unfold separately before their paths cross.
The film is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga, and it is the second of the thirteen features Iñárritu has directed, following The Ringer and preceding September 11. Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche and Jorge Salinas lead a cast of twenty-six credited performers, with a crew of sixty-one. Made for two million dollars, it returned about twenty-one million worldwide.
On IMDb it holds 8 out of 10 from roughly 272,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 7.6 out of 10 from around 3,000 votes. A critics' rating of 8.4 out of 10 from 122 reviews places it above both audience scores.
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.
- 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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