"Sending shock waves through the Mexican film industry and the world, this blistering feature film debut from Alejandro G. Iñárritu brought the director's electrifying visual style and bravura multistrand storytelling to the screen with the heart-stopping impact of a primal scream. In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers--a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious...

An upper-class Mexican family suffers a great loss but everyone seems to go on with their lives. Eleven years later, the family starts to remember the tragedy, which leads to depression, self pity, recriminations, and possible self-destruction.