Seminar: Amores Perros

Standing as a prime example of the Nuevo Cine Mexicano, Amores Perros presents a crude and pessimistic portrayal of Mexican society at the turn of the century. 

This seminar examines González Iñárritu’s employment of violence to address social issues such as class inequality, violence, and masculinity in Mexico. It aims at questioning the ethics, responsibilities, and implications of representing violence between suggesting and overbearing images. Does the film’s representation of violence hinder or engender reason and action? What distances the depiction of violence from its endorsement? 

About Dr. Bruno Guaraná 

Dr. Bruno Guaraná is a Master Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Boston University, where he teaches courses on Film Violence, Latin American Melodrama, and Feminist Cinema, among others. His current research explores negotiations of cultural citizenship in contemporary Brazilian media, and he is a contributor editor at Film Quarterly.