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©1999
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1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Full frame format (aspect ratio 1.33:1)
"Set in the old downtown section of Mexico City. The events that take place have been divided into the stories of three neighbors whose lives are entertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experiences homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma, the virgin who becomes a cocaine addicted prostitute."--Container
Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995
Special features include: Interactive menus ; scene access ; production credits ; awards ; filmographies
Photography, Carlos Marcovich ; editing, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucia Alvarez
Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Salma Hayek, Maria Rojo, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz, Claudio Obregon, Juan Manuel Bernal, Abel Woolrich, Luis Felipe Tovar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Gina Morett, Oscar Yoldi, Tiare Scanda
Not rated by MPAA
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In Spanish with English subtitles