Amorres Perros

            This is a disturbing and fascinating look into three lives in Mexico, near Mexico city as far as I can tell. It’s  three different stories with textual intros and they all correspond to one event in time, and they all link the first and last scenes together. It’s drastic and hectic, and sort of ironic. This learned a lot from the Pulp Fiction.

            The first episode, octavio lusts after his sister in law, eventually sleeping with her and despising his foolish thief brother. Meanwhile he becomes involved in the dogfighting sector, and makes a lot of money, helping his sister-in-law financially, only to be left by her after having some of his friends beat up his brother.

            The second chapter follows the life of a model and her dog. She is engaged to a man who just left his wife and daughter, and then is involved in a serious car accident eventually having to have her leg amputated. She eventually gets him back, but she doesn’t know how to cope outside of her life.

            The third subject is a homeless felon who does hits for the local police. He is setup to execute a man’s brother, and then he turns the tables on both of them. He also attempts to help a badly injured dog get better.

            The title says it all (“Love’s a Bitch”) and draws out a great deal of pity and desperation of all the people involved. It’s masterful in it’s layout and the dialogue and acting is spot on, mostly because it’s in another language. 2. Watch this when you break up with someone.