Amores perros
About the event
The latest film from Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant), Digger, has its première in October. Iñárritu made his spectacular directorial debut in 2000 with Amores perros: a dazzling, rough-and-ready example of hyperlink cinema telling the stories of three lives in bustling Mexico City. 4K-restored version. Unemployed young man Octavio (Gael García Bernal) earns some unofficial extra cash by entering his brother’s rottweiler into illegal dog fights. While being chased by a gang of criminals, he causes a serious car accident. The collision puts highbrow model Ramira in a wheelchair, and is witnessed by homeless hired killer El Chivo – a former terrorist – who rescues the rottweiler from the wreckage.
As well as the digitally restored version, Eye – the film’s original distributor in the…
