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Amores Perros

Emilio Echevarría

Gael García Bernal

Vanessa Bauche

Goya Toledo

Álvaro Guerrero

Jorge Salinas

Marco Pérez

Rodrigo Murray

Humberto Busto

Gerardo Campbell

Rosa María Bianchi

Dunia Saldívar

Adriana Barraza

José Sefami

Lourdes Echevarría

Laura Almela

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Dagoberto Gama

Rodrigo Ostap

Patricio Castillo

Roberto Medina

Carlos Samperio

Mauricio Martínez

Ricardo Dalmacci

Gustavo Muñoz

Heriberto del Castillo

Luis Carballar

Fernando Pérez Unda

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Francisco González Compeán

Rodrigo Prieto

Martha Sosa Elizondo

Gustavo Santaolalla

Guillermo Arriaga

Brigitte Broch

Julieta Álvarez

Manuel Teil

Gabriela Diaque

Melo Hinojosa

Tita Lombardo

Gerardo Albarrán

Adrian Grünberg

Marco Antonio Rosado

Joaquin Diaz

Raúl Olvera Ferrer

Roland N. Thai

Antonio Diego

Efraín García Mora

Adrián Reynoso

Martín Hernández

Alejandro Quevedo

Rodolfo Romero

Rafael Valdez

Mónica Lozano

Alex Vázquez

David Ruiz Gameros

Tlacatéotl Mata

Javier Martínez

Jorge Guerrero

Gabriel Solana

Sonia Guerrero

Isabel Amezcua

Carlos Hidalgo

Carlos Bolado

Patricia Cano

Claudia Puebla

Alfonso Cuarón

José Luis García Agraz

Rodrigo Cortés

Carlos Munguía

Simón Bross

Alfredo Joskowicz

Ismael Jardon

Carlos Cuarón

Lynn Fainchtein

Federico González Compeán

Guillermo del Toro

Vicente Leñero

David Campbell

Juan Carlos Rulfo

Federico García

Luis Mandoki

Antonio Serrano

Raúl Quintanilla

Héctor Suárez

Julián Valdez

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There are three stories here, all interlinked - but only at the start and only tangentially at that, that ask questions of humanity and loyalty amidst the sometimes quite brutal, lustful and occasionally humorous environments of a Mexico City inhabited by rich and poor alike. The opener follows the life of “Octavio” (Gael García Bernal) who lives with his mother, brother and his wife “Susana” (Vanessa Bauche) - for whom he has the hots! He hasn’t much money but that changes when his formidable dog proves to be more than a match for the local champion and so starts to earn his keep in a graphically gruesome fashion. This narks “Salgado” (Ricardo Dalmacci) to the point that an altercation causes a road accident that connects with the second, and frankly less interesting story. That features the poster-girl “Valeria” (Goya Toledo) who has just moved into a grand apartment with boyfriend “Daniel” (Álvaro Guerrero) and her annoyingly yapping dog. Not long after they have moved in, the mutt manages to get itself stuck under the floorboards and they can’t find it. With her still dealing with the consequences of our original introduction, tempers start to flare, blood pressures to rise and who knows what will happen in their hitherto Elysian world? Finally, we meet up with the itinerant “El Chivo” (Emilio Echevarria) whom we have already learned is handy with a pistol - especially if he is paid! Ostensibly, though, he’s a simple machete-wielding dog lover without ten Pesos to rub together. His is the least melodramatic of the triptych as it turns out that he has quite a rum and milk-fuelled malevolent streak that comes to an head when a Cain and Abel scenario puts just about everything else into perspective. This isn’t a film for a sensitive animal lover, but if you can get past that then we have a really dark, gritty and characterful analysis of a society polarised not just between rich and poor - neither necessarily any happier than the other - but also between men and women, young and old. Garcia turns in a solid effort, though I did find his character rather fizzled out a bit, and both Toledo and Echevarria have plenty to work with as their stories gather pace. At the end of each episode, we are left in no doubt that mankind can be remarkably adept at self-destruction, pettiness and greed but there is also room for affection, grief and humanity too - it’s just this latter element that is disappointingly thin on the ground. It’s uncomfortable to watch, but well worth it if you can see it in the cinema.

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Gael García Bernal

Vanessa Bauche

Goya Toledo

Álvaro Guerrero

Jorge Salinas

Marco Pérez

Rodrigo Murray

Humberto Busto

Gerardo Campbell

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