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MOVIE

Midaq Alley

3.5
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Rating
NRA
Duration
2h 20m
Year
1995
Language
Spanish
Publisher
Film Movement Classics

About

From the novel by Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley explores intersecting lives in Mexico City. Cantina owner Rutilio (Ernesto Gómez Cruz) gives in to latent homosexual desires. His son, Chava (Juan Manuel Bernal), yearns to immigrate to America, while spinster Susanita (Margarita Sanz) dreams of a husband. Finally, Abel (Bruno Bichir) is a poor barber whose romance with the innocent beauty Alma (Salma Hayek) tragically ends after she is coerced into a life of debauchery.

Related Subjects

  • Drama

Extended Details

  • SubtitlesEnglish
  • Closed CaptionsNo

Artists

Jorge FonsDirector
Vicent LeneroWriter
Najeeb MahfouzWriter
Georgina BalzarettiProducer
Salma HayekActor
Ernesto Gomez CruzActor
Maria RojoActor
Bruno BichirActor
Delia CasanovaActor
Margarita SanzActor
Claudio ObregonActor
Juan Manuel BernalActor
Abel WoolrichActor
Luis Felipe TovarActor