Amores perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cannes Classics, the French festival's sidebar devoted to restored and historically significant cinema, features four Latin American films in its 2025 lineup. Among them is a 25th anniversary screening of Amores Perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Also included are the new Brazilian documentary To Vigo I Go / Para Vigo Me Voy by Lírio Ferreira and Karen Harley, a tribute to the late filmmaker Carlos Diegues; a restoration of the 1962 Colombian film The Payment / La Paga by Ciro Durán; and the 1955 Argentine melodrama Beyond Oblivion / Más Allá del Olvido by Hugo del Carril.
Amores Perros, Iñárritu’s debut feature, premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes 25 years ago. A landmark in Latin American cinema, the film launched the international careers of many collaborators, including Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, composer Gustavo Santaolalla, art director Brigitte Broch, and producers Martha Sosa and Mónica Lozano. This new restoration—presented by The Film Foundation and restored by The Criterion Collection in collaboration with Mexican archives—will be screened in the presence of Iñárritu.
To Vigo I Go explores the legacy of Carlos Diegues, one of Brazil’s most influential filmmakers. Weaving excerpts from his work with interviews spanning six decades, the documentary also includes never-before-seen footage from Diegues’ final shoot: a screening of Bye Bye Brasil in the Favela do Vidigal and a closing encounter with fellow artists.
Long thought lost, The Payment marks the feature debut of Colombian director Ciro Durán. A pioneering work of political cinema, the film was inspired by Italian neorealism and Durán’s own childhood memories. Set in the Andes, it follows a peasant trapped in a cycle of exploitation and domestic violence, culminating in an act of rebellion against the local political boss.
Beyond Oblivion, directed by Hugo del Carril, is a gothic melodrama about grief and obsession. After the death of his wife Blanca, Fernando de Arellano meets Mónica, her uncanny double, in a Paris cabaret. Their marriage is haunted by the past—and by Mónica’s vengeful former lover.
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place May 14–25, 2025, in France.
