f ight ing ; ▁a ▁model ▁who ▁seriously ▁inj ures ▁her ▁leg ; ▁and ▁a ▁myster ious ▁hit man . ▁The ▁stories ▁are ▁linked ▁in ▁various ▁ways , ▁including ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁dogs ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁them . ▁ ▁The ▁title ▁is ▁a ▁pun ▁in ▁Spanish ; ▁the ▁word ▁" per ros ", ▁which ▁literally ▁means ▁" d ogs ", ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁mis ery , ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁roughly ▁means ▁' bad ▁lov es ' ▁with ▁can ine ▁con not ations . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁under ▁its ▁Spanish ▁title ▁in ▁the ▁English - spe aking ▁world , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁sometimes ▁translated ▁as ▁Love ' s ▁a ▁B itch ▁in ▁market ing . ▁ ▁The ▁sound track ▁includes ▁songs ▁by ▁Latin ▁American ▁rock ▁bands ▁including ▁C afé ▁T ac uba , ▁Control ▁Mach ete , ▁and ▁B ers uit ▁Ver gar ab at . ▁Am ores ▁per ros ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Foreign ▁Language ▁Film ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁A riel ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Picture ▁from ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Academy ▁of ▁Film . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁constructed ▁from ▁three ▁distinct ▁stories ▁linked ▁by ▁a ▁car ▁accident ▁that ▁brings ▁the ▁characters ▁briefly ▁together . ▁ ▁Oct av io ▁y ▁Sus ana ▁Oct av io ▁( G ael ▁García ▁Bern al ) ▁is ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁his ▁brother ' s ▁wife ▁Sus ana ▁( V an essa ▁Bau che ) ▁and ▁dis lik es ▁the ▁way ▁she ▁is ▁ab