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Amores perros

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Arriaga's screenplay is an emotional story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Octavio the teenage owner of Cofi the dog, enters Cofi into fighting contests, hoping to win enough money to elope with Susana. A near-fatal injury to Cofi leads to a reckless car chase that ends violently.

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 17, 2001

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Guillermo Arriaga

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Guillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. He received the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

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Profile Image for Jorge García.
23 reviews2 followers
August 28, 2022
4.5
Una gran obra.
Me llaman la atención, sobre todo, algunos elementos que no se quedaron en la versión fílmica y que hacen que algunas relaciones se interpreten con otros matices.

No cabe duda que el cine al ser un arte colaborativo mediante los aportes de otras mentes van refinando a la obra. Me gustó el guión pero la película suma bastante a esta historia.
Profile Image for Gabriela.
35 reviews38 followers
August 8, 2011
I had the opportunity of meeting Guillermo Arriaga and he is even better than I had imagined. This screenplay is my favorite out of all his works. It's just truly genius. Raw. Shocking. REAL
Profile Image for Arianna.
48 reviews1 follower
March 17, 2023
Simpatiche le differenze tra il film e la sceneggiatura, mi chiedo il perché di alcune.
Profile Image for andie .
155 reviews1 follower
May 26, 2025
lo leí porque no me gusta ver a perros sufrir. me encantó.
Profile Image for Mohammed Kh.
25 reviews1 follower
September 10, 2016
ثلاث ساعات تشق طريقها بين انفاسك لتعبر الى وقائع الفيلم وتكون قريبا من شخصياته ،دعنا نقول بان الفيلم جميل لطيف وممتع ولكنني لا اعتقد بان الملل لن ينفذ للكثير من الناس وخاصة وانه اشتغل كثيرا على مشاهد وشخصيات واسهب في ذلك ،التقاطع في الفيلم جميل لذلك الحد الذي خرق تصوري بان الفيلم سيجمع بين الشخصيات ويربطها ببعضها ولم اكن متخيلا ان الدمج سيكون بسيطا لمجرد وجود الشخصيات الثلاث المهمه في الحادة ،شخصية الرجل العجوز اكثر ما اعجبتني اتوقع بان الفيلم يستحق المشاهدة
Profile Image for Sandra.
160 reviews
April 2, 2008
I was 15 years old when I read it... probably I didn't get the sense of it 'cause I don't remember pretty well...
Profile Image for Juan Espinoza.
52 reviews6 followers
March 26, 2010
Excelente guión, especialmente para quienes queremos aprender algo sobre este oficio.
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