Os brutos também amam? "Amores Perros" e o cinema mexicano contemporâneo

Abstract

Both the subject of violence and marginalization including their social implications are recurrent in Latin American cinematography, which are discussed from different perspectives, commonly creative and even subversive. This article aims to analyze the Mexican movie Amores Perros (2000), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, both belong to renewal movement of contemporary Mexican films. Aiming to this analyze under discussion were used mostly critical and theoretical works related to film studies. Firstly, this feature film is contextualized into the Mexican film industry and, after, analyzed as of its fragmentary construction and its relation to the themes such as violence, social marginalization and death. The fragmented structure of the movie, divided into three narrative segments, shows the reality of various characters connected by chance, a car accident. From this accident, the viewer follows the story of three mainly narratives and their confrontation with the consequences of the car accident and their own dilemmas. Beyond the excellent screenplay, whose plot reveals meaningful metaphors, editing, cinematography and camera movements stand out by director team.