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 (Juan Manuel Bernal), who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel (Bruno Bichir), is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma (Salma Hayek), who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita (Margarita Sanz), the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband. Adapted from the novel of the Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuz.
Midaq Alley.
Film Movement, 1995.; [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Title from title frames.; Film; In Process Record.
Bruno Bichir, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Margarita Sanz, María Rojo, Salma Hayek
Originally produced by Film Movement in 1995.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
Fons, Jorge, film director.; Bichir, Bruno, actor.; Gómez Cruz, Ernesto, actor.; Sanz, Margarita, actor.; Rojo, María, actor.; Hayek, Salma, actor.
Film Movement (Firm), dst; Kanopy (Firm), dst
