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Midaq Alley (1995)
Directed by Jorge Fons
“The most awarded film in Mexican history.”
Drama · 2h 20m
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Cast
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
María Rojo
Salma Hayek Pinault
Bruno Bichir
Delia Casanova
Margarita Sanz
Claudio Obregón
Juan Manuel Bernal
Luis Felipe Tovar
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Gina Morett
Crew
- Director
- Jorge Fons
- Screenplay
- Vicente Leñero
- Novel
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Director of Photography
- Carlos Marcovich
- Original Music Composer
- Lucía Álvarez
- Editor
- Carlos Savage
- Producer
- Alfredo Ripstein Jr., Georgina Balzaretti
Details
- Original title
- El callejón de los milagros
- Release date
- 1995-05-05
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Alameda Films, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía