But when Cofi kills his other dogs, El Chivo sees his own reflection as a hitman in Cofi.
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From his backstory, we know he is an ex-guerilla and convict, who lives the life of a kind of exile in a dirty warehouse in the outskirts of the town.Įmilio Echevarría plays the hitman ‘El Chivo’ in “Amores Perros.” Photo: Altavista Films, 2000.Īfter the car crash, he finds the injured Cofi and takes him to his warehouse and heals him. This somehow showcases his lack of human contact and isolation from the rest of the world. The last segment is of the mysterious hitman, El Chivo, and we find out that he is surrounded by the dogs all the time. And at last when Richie is found in not great condition, we somehow feel this as symbolism for Daniel and Valeria’s relationship it becomes damaged and they don’t see each other as they used to be. Here, the two characters desperately try to find the dog, Richie, as they also try to find some hope in their relationship. Having a beautiful family, Daniel is disloyal to them and keeping a mistress (Valeria) with subsequent disloyalty of Valeria, when she injures and loses her beauty in a car accident, beautifully portrayed by the loss of the dog.īy the end of the segment, we all feel the relationship is falling apart and becoming dysfunctional. Here the theme of loyalty or disloyalty is very profound. We can see the two’s relationship is quite loving at first but after their pet dog Richie falls into a hole under the floorboard and goes missing, their relationship is strained. In the second segment, we see the bitter-sweet relationship between a higher class couple, Daniel and Valeria. Humberto Busto and Gael García Bernal in “Amores Perros.” Photo: Altavista Films, 2000. The themes of love, loyalty, inequality, and violence are recurring in all of the three stories and with each story these themes go one step further toward the final conclusion. But the themes of these stories are balanced in such a way that it never feels they are disoriented or disjointed. Though these three stories are in a same film, it often feels you are watching three different short films, one after another, with a loose connection between them these three stories are somehow independent in nature.
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The stories center a teenage boy, Octavio who becomes involved in underworld dogfighting, Valeria a model, who seriously injured her leg, and a mysterious hitman, El Chivo.
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Written by Guillermo Arriaga, these three stories, divided into three segments, constructed as a triptych. The film tells three different stories interconnected with a horrible car accident in Mexico City. Iñárritu’s directorial debut “ Amores Perros” is a raw, gritty, and intensely emotional depiction of the lives of different people from different sections of society.