Cifo will teach the dehumanized El Chivo a shattering lesson that El Chivo will pass along to his latest client - and his mark. He's a witness to the fateful car crash and rescues the ignored Cifo, whom paramedics have placed on the street.

The relationship strains the longer the pitiful dog's whines are heard without his rescue.įinally, the ever present El Chivo is given center stage. Finally at home in a wheelchair, one leg encased in a steel frame, Valeria loses her beloved Richie under the floorboards of her and Daniel's new apartment (I could quibble about holes left uncovered in the floor, but I won't). But Valeria is the occupant of the car Octavio runs into and suffers disfiguring wounds. This is Daniel, who will soon abandon that family for the woman splashed across the city on Enchant perfume billboards. We're also given seemingly random glimpses of a middle class man with his wife and two daughters. Cifo wins the street fight, giving Octavio a moneymaker for his dreams of running away with Susana. Instead Jarocho sics his dog on Cifo, loose because Susana inadvertently let him out. Meanwhile, Jarocho (Gustavo Sanchez Parra) swaggers out of the local dog fighting establishment with his ten-time winner and decides to let the dog work out his bloodlust on some strays - here we first meet El Chivo, who brandishes a machete to protect his brood of dogs. Ramiro is crude and cruel, denying Susana money for basics like diapers, although he'll present her with gifts that are stolen goods. Just as it seems they've lost the tailing vehicle - smash! The filmmakers have grabbed our attention.ĭecent guy Octavio is tender and flirtatious with Susana and her baby by his older brother Ramiro. In the back seat lies a dog bleeding profusely. The film begins with Octavio at the wheel and buddy Jorge (Humberto Busto) riding shotgun as they're chased through city streets by a truck wielding a gun toting crazy. I'll be doggoned - this Mexican masterpiece is the feature film debut of both its director/producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga.

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