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Love Dogs
- Original title
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Amores Perros aka
- AKA
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- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 150 min.
- Country
 Mexico- Director
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- Screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga - Music
Gustavo Santaolalla, Daniel Hidalgo - Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto - Cast
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Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Marco Pérez, Rodrigo Murray, Humberto Busto, Gerardo Campbell, Rosa María Bianchi, Dunia Saldívar, Adriana Barraza, José Sefami, Patricio Castillo, Lourdes Echevarría, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Dagoberto Gama
- Producer
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Altavista Films, Zeta Film
- Genre
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Drama | Ensemble Film. Social Drama
- Synopsis / Plot
- 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.
- Awards
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2000: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture
2000: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture
2000: Cannes: Critics Week Grand Prize
2000: Tokyo Film Festival: Best Film
2001: BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language
2000: Awards Ariel: 11 Awards including Best Film and Director. 15 Nominations
2000: Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo - Best Movie & actor ex-aequo (Echevarría, García Bernal)
2001: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2001: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2001: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Nom. Best Int. Ind. Film - Foreign Language
2001: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
2001: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Foreign Language Film. 2 Nom.
- Critics' reviews
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"A fiercely brilliant film of such wrenching impact, nonstop drive and unpredictability that watching it becomes an exhilarating ride."
Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
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"A sophisticated, stylish, fast-moving piece of work."
Jonathan Foreman: New York Post
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