Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Film Movement Classics, 1995
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 140 min.)) : sd., col
ISBN/ISSN
859686006772 (hoopla video recording) MWT12234273, 12234273
LANGUAGE
Spanish
NOTES
Directed by Jorge Fons
Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz
From the novel by Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley explores intersecting lives in Mexico City. Cantina owner Rutilio (Ernesto G̤mez 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
Not rated
Mode of access: World Wide Web