The dog fighting scenes are certainly confronting, and women don`t fare too well in the film either. For all its dramatic externals it is an intensely human film. This very impressive debut feature, balances melodrama and raw realism, using hand held cinematography to vast effect. These seemingly disparate stories are connected by style and theme, as well as fate. He`s a street bum who looks after a pack of dogs and who has become a hitman for hire. And the third story concerns a former revolutionary El Chivu - Emilio Echevarria - who abandoned his family years ago and now longs to connect with his estranged daughter. Her little dog Richie disappears through a hole in the floorboards and can be heard scuttling around - or is it the rats that Valeria can hear? She`s actually been damaged by the car accident that connects to the first story. In the second story well-to-do Luis - Jorge Salinas - leaves his wife and family to set up house with model Valeria - Goya Toledo.
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The film, which shifts time, actually opens with an exhilaratingly raw car chase which climaxes this story. In the first story Octavio - the immensely charismatic Gael Garcia Bernal - discovers the fighting abilities of his violent brother`s dog, a rottweiler called Cofi, and by entering the dog in fights hopes to make enough money to elope with his brother`s young wife Susana - Vanessa Bauche.