Movie
Amores Perros
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-06-16
- Runtime
- 154 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Altavista Films, Zeta Film
- Country
- Mexico
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Emilio Echevarría as El Chivo
- Gael García Bernal as Octavio
- Vanessa Bauche as Susana
- Goya Toledo as Valeria
- Álvaro Guerrero as Daniel
- Jorge Salinas as Luis
- Marco Pérez as Ramiro
- Rodrigo Murray as Gustavo
- Humberto Busto as Jorge
- Gerardo Campbell as Mauricio
- Rosa María Bianchi as Tía Luisa
- Dunia Saldívar as Mama Susana
Crew
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Director
- Guillermo Arriaga - Writer
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