Midaq alley = El callejon de los milagros
(DVD)
Contributors
Ripstein, Alfredo, film producer.
Fons, Jorge, film director.
Leñero, Vicente, screenwriter.
Gómez Cruz, Ernesto, actor.
Rojo, María, 1943- actor.
Fons, Jorge, film director.
Leñero, Vicente, screenwriter.
Gómez Cruz, Ernesto, actor.
Rojo, María, 1943- actor.
Published
New York, NY : Film Movement, 2018.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
New York, NY : Film Movement, 2018.
Language
Spanish
UPC
859686006772
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfuz.
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
General Note
Wide screen.
General Note
Special features: Behind the scenes footage; new essay by Carlos A. Gutiérrez.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Carlos Marcovich ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucia Alvarez.
Participants/Performers
Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz.
Description
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner₂s son, Chava, who yearns to immigrate 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. Adapted from the novel of the Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuz.
System Details
DVD, all regions, NTSC, wide screen (1.85:1); 2.0 stereo.
Language
Spanish dialogue; English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Gay men -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Husband and wife -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, -- 1911-2006 -- Film adaptations.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Prostitutes -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Gay men -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Husband and wife -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, -- 1911-2006 -- Film adaptations.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Prostitutes -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.