| Amores Perros | |
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| 1 Nomination | |
| Year | 2000 |
| Director | Alejandro González Iñárritu |
| Writer | Guillermo Arriaga |
| Starring | Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo |
| 73rd Academy Awards | |
Amores Perros (English: Love's a Bitch) is a 2000 Mexican drama thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It is the first installment in González Iñárritu's "Trilogy of Death", succeeded by 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2006). It is a triptych; an anthology film, sometimes referred to as the "Mexican Pulp Fiction", containing three distinct stories which are connected by a car accident in Mexico City.
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Three interconnected stories about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a fatal car accident. Octavio is trying to raise enough money to run away with his sister-in-law, and decides to enter his dog Cofi into the world of dogfighting. After a dogfight goes bad, Octavio flees in his car, running a red light and causing the accident. Daniel and Valeria's new-found bliss is prematurely ended when she loses her leg in the accident. El Chivo is a homeless man who cares for stray dogs and is there to witness the collision.
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