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"AmorePerros"(2000),directedbyfirst-timefilmmakerAlejandroGonzalezInarittu,withitsintersectingstorylinesandtreatmentofurbanviolenceanddecay,kick-startedarenaissanceforMexico'sfilmindustry."AmoresPerros"speakstoaninternationalaudiencewhileneveroversimplifyingitslocalculture.Thisstudyofthisfilmopensupthatculture,revealingthefilm'srelationshiptotelevisionsoapoperas,popmusicandcontemporarydebatesaboutwhatitmeanstobeMexican.Havingresearchedintotheproductionrecordsandinterviewedkeypersonnel,PaulJulianSmithalsoshowshowthefilmcametobesuchasuccess,beforegoingontoanalysehowitsoutstandingacting,musicandcinematographycombinetocreatethispowerfulwork.