After viewing the film Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), respond to the following with a discussion post:

 

• How does the film help us better understand the family in contemporary Mexico? Look closely at all the different "family" structures and relationships throughout the film. Think back to one of our previous films that dealt with family issues and review your Discussion Forum response to it: La otra conquista. What connections can you make between this film and that previous film, around family? For example, think about the two brothers, Topiltzin and Alanpoyatzin, in La otra conquista. What connections to those brothers can you make with the different sets of brothers in this film, Amores Perros?
  
   
• What connections can you make between this film and the writings of Daniel Hernández in Down and Delirious in Mexico City about contemporary Mexican identity and culture? Provide specific examples from throughout the book (at least three different chapters).
   
• What connections can you make between Amores Perros and some of the political issues and events we've studied around the Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968? For example, think about the character of El Chivo (the semi-unhoused man with the family of dogs). What connections can you make between El Chivo and the character of Diana/Licha in Borrar de la Memoria?

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In Amores Perros the film provides a multifaceted exploration of family structures and relationships in contemporary Mexico The interconnected narrati... View the full answer