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Summary:

"Three stories: Octavio is a young aimless loser who lives in a barrio and has an obsessive crush on his sister-in-law, Susana, who is married to Ramiro, an abusive hoodlum. Meanwhile, Daniel, a succesful editor, has ditched his wife and children to live in a dream apartment with Valeria, a shallow and neurotic supermodel. On the other hand, El Chivo, a bitter ex con turned hitman, haunts the life of a pretty young girl with whom he has a secret relationship and gets a commission to kill a wealthy and philandering businessman. These lives and the fates of two dogs get inextricably entangled in the heart of ever-changing, ever violent Mexico City"--Summary by Miguel Cane, Internet movie database, September 11, 2002.

Contributors:

González Iñárritu, Alejandro

Arriaga Jordán, Guillermo, 1958-

Echevarría, Emilio

García, Gael

Toledo, Goya

Guerrero, Alvaro

Bauche, Vanessa

Salinas, Jorge

Santaolalla, Gustavo

Carballar, Luís

Perez Unda, Fernando

Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Filmax (Firm)

Languages:

Spanish
English

Language Notes:

Item content: Spanish
Subtitles: English

Related Works:

Amores perros (Motion picture)

Subjects:

Murder for hire — Mexico — Drama

Dogfighting — Mexico — Drama

Traffic accidents — Mexico — Drama

Dogs — Mexico — Drama

Mexico City (Mexico) — Drama

Murder for hire

Dogfighting

Traffic accidents

Dogs

Mexico

Mexico — Mexico City

Genres:

Feature films

Foreign language films

Spanish language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Cast: Emilio Echevarría (El Chivo, the Goat); Gael García Bernal (Octavio); Goya Toledo (Valeria); Álvaro Guerrero (Daniel); Vanessa Bauche (Susana); Jorge Salinas (Luis); Marco Pérez (Ramiro); Rodrigo Murray (Gustavo); Humberto Busto (Jorge); Gerardo Campbell (Mauricio); Rosa María Bianchi (Aunt Luisa); Dunia Saldívar (Susana's mother); Adriana Barraza (Octavio's mother); José Sefami (Leonardo); Lourdes Echevarría (Maru); Laura Almela (Julieta); Ricardo Dalmacci (Andrés Salgado); Gustavo Sánchez Parra (Jarocho); Dagoberto Gama (Álvaro); Gustavo Muñoz (El Chispas); Carlo Bernal (Javier); Rodrigo Ostap (El Jaibo).

Production Credits:

Original music by Gustavo Santaolalla; cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto; film editing by Carlos Bolado, Luis Carballar, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Fernando Pérez Unda; production design by Brigitte Broch; art direction by Melo Hinojosa; costume design by Gabriela Diaque.

General Notes:

Originally distributed in Mexico by Nu Vision and in the United States by Lions Gate Films, Inc.
Filmed on location in: Colonia Condesa, Mexico City; Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City; and Mexico City, Mexico.
Originally released with Dolby Digital sound and in 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Cannes Film Festival, 2000: Critics Week Grand Prize Award (Alejandro González Iñárritu); Young Critics Award, Best Feature (Alejandro Gonzáles Inárritu).
Los Angeles International Film Festival, 2000: Audience Award for Best Feature Film (Alejandro González Iñárritu).
Gift: University of North Texas. College of Visual Arts and Design, December 2012.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

AMO 2000 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, LionsGate: 16004E

OCLC Numbers:

1053114401
423504858 [Invalid]