Midaq Alley
The most awarded film in Mexican history.
19952h 20mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- dream
- based on novel or book
- mexico
- neighborhood
- sexuality
- adultery
- pimp
- dreams
- prostitute
- gay parent
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 5, 1995
- Original language
- Spanish
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía,Alameda Films,Consejo Nacional para la cultura y las artes,Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
- Cast
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz,María Rojo,Salma Hayek Pinault,Bruno Bichir,Delia Casanova,Margarita Sanz,Claudio Obregón,Juan Manuel Bernal,Abel Woolrich,Luis Felipe Tovarand 16 more
- Director
- Jorge Fons
- Writer
- Vicente Leñero,Naguib Mahfouz
- Cinematography
- Carlos Marcovich
- Music
- Lucía Álvarez
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0112619