Love. Betrayal. Death.
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.
- Animal harm
- Graphic violence
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Contemporary, prestige, overwhelming and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jan 20267/10
There are three stories here, all interlinked - but only at the start and only tangentially at that, that ask questions of humanity and loyalty amidst the sometimes quite brutal, lustful and occasionally humorous environments of a Mexico City inhabited by rich and poor alike. The opener follows the life of “Octavio” (Gael García Bernal) who lives with his mother, brother and his wife “Susana” (Vanessa Bauche) - for whom he has the hots! He hasn’t much money but that changes when his formidable dog proves to be more than a match for the local champion and so starts to earn his keep in a graphically gruesome fashion. This narks “Salgado” (Ricardo Dalmacci) to the point that an altercation causes a road accident that connects with the second, and frankly less interesting story. That features the poster-girl “Valeria” (Goya Toledo) who has just moved into a grand apartment with boyfriend “Daniel” (Álvaro Guerrero) and her annoyingly yapping dog. Not long after they have moved in, the mutt manages to get itself stuck under the floorboards and they can’t find it. With her still dealing with the consequences of our original introduction, tempers start to flare, blood pressures to rise and
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Cast
- Emilio EchevarríaEl Chivo
- Gael García BernalOctavio
- Goya ToledoValeria
- Álvaro GuerreroDaniel
- Vanessa BaucheSusana
- Jorge SalinasLuis
- Marco PérezRamiro
- Rodrigo MurrayGustavo
- Humberto BustoJorge
- Gerardo CampbellMauricio
Crew
- Alejandro G. IñárrituDirector
- Guillermo ArriagaWriter
- Rodrigo PrietoDirector of Photography
- Gustavo SantaolallaOriginal Music Composer
- Alejandro G. IñárrituEditor
- Fernando Pérez UndaEditor
- Luis CarballarEditor
- Alejandro G. IñárrituProducer
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