2000 · drama · crime
Amores Perros
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu2h 34m2000
A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.
Our read: Amores Perros (2000) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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