Amores Perros is a 2000 neo-noir Mexican film directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Amores Perros is the first movie in Inarritu's trilogy of death, and was followed by 21 Grams and Babel. It is an anthology film, sometimes referred to as the "Mexican Pulp Fiction," containing three distinct stories which are connected by a car accident in Mexico City. Each of the three tales is also a reflection on the cruelty of humans toward animals and each other, showing how they may live dark or even hideous lives. Amores Perros was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000 and won the Ariel Award for Best Picture from the Mexican Academy of Film. The film Amores Perros is a clear representation of the division between classes in Mexican society, as we are shown characters from under, working and middle classes. It also shows how authority such as the police are corrupt in Mexico as one of the characters is shown to be friends with such characters as El Chivo who is a hit man in order to help a jealous half-brother.
The film was released under its Spanish title in the English-speaking world, although its title was sometimes translated as Love's a Bitch in marketing. In a 2001 interview on National Public Radio, director Iñárritu pointed out that an American English idiom, Love's a Bitch is not a satisfactory translation of the title[citation needed] (see below). The soundtrack included songs by well-known Latin American rock bands, such as Cafe Tacuba, Control Machete and Bersuit Vergarabat. (wiki)
