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Amores perros

Thriller & Mystery • Drama, Independent, Thriller, R

Gael Garcí­a Bernal stars in the savagely brilliant debut feature from double-Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Inárritu (Birdman, The Revenant). Intertwining three intense storylines on the theme of animalistic desires, it follows the respective fates of a young man caught up in the world of dogfighting, a supermodel whose career is wrecked by a car accident, and a homeless hit-man who tries to connect to his estranged daughter.

Tags
Gambling, Models (fashion), Dog fighting, Road accidents
Cast
Emilio Echevarría El Chivo, The Goat
Gael García Bernal Octavio
Goya Toledo Valeria
Álvaro Guerrero Daniel
Crew
Alejandro González Iñárritu director

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