Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City in the cinematic adaptation of the novel by the Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuoz by Mexican veteran filmmaker Jorge Fons. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to the Unites States. 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.
Featuring a powerful ensemble cast including Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Juan Manuel Bernal, Bruno Bichir, Margarita Sanz, and the cinematic breakthrough of Salma Hayek, in the role of Alma, Midaq Alley was the winner of a Special Mention at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival and became the most awarded Mexican film ever—winning 11 Ariel Awards including for Best Picture and Best Director, and more than 50 international awards and nominations.
MIDAQ ALLEY / EL CALLEJÓN DE LOS MILAGROS
A film by Jorge Fons
(Mexico, 1995, 140 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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