Midaq Alley (1995)

movie

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Country: Mexico
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1998-03-06
Director: Jorge Fons
Writers: Vicente Leñero , Najeeb Mahfouz
Language: Spanish
Stars: Ernesto Gómez Cruz , María Rojo (I) , Salma Hayek , Bruno Bichir , Delia Casanova , Margarita Sanz , Claudio Obregón , Juan Manuel Bernal , Abel Woolrich , Luis Felipe Tovar
Runtime: 140 min
Awards: 27 wins & 13 nominations
AKA: El Callejón de los Milagros , Ulica čuda (Serbia) , ミラグロの瞳 (Japan) , Midaq Alley , Aleea miracolelor (Romania) , Midaq Alley , O Beco dos Milagres (Brazil) , Падшая любовь (Russian Federation) , Csodák utcája (Hungary) , Midaq Alley - Mehr als zwei Gesichter (Germany) , El callejón de los milagros (Spain) , Miracle Alley (Australia) , Midaq Alley - unelmien kuja (Finland) , Het mirakelsteegje (Belgium) , Уличка на чудесата (Bulgaria) , Το στενάκι των θαυμάτων (Greece) , Midaq Alley (Netherlands the) , Midaq Alley (United States of America) , El callejón de los milagros (Mexico) , Zaułek cudów (Poland) , A Milagros sikátor (Hungary) , El Callejón de los Milagros (Mexico)
Plot: Based on the Nobel Prize Winner's novel, the Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. The story, translated from El Cairo to Mexico City's downtown, narrates the life of the members of the neighbourhood and the connection between them Don Ru, the owner of the local pub; Eusebia, his wife; Chava, his son and Abel his friend, who emigrate to USA in search of fortune; Susanita, the single landtender always dreaming to marry a good man; Guicho, the pub's employee, who extracts the money when Don Ru is not there and finally marries Susanita; Alma, the very good looking girl, the Abel's dream, who becomes a luxury prostitute while he's away; Jimmy, the handsome young man Don Ru becomes infatuated with, etc. This movie won the Ariel (the Mexican Oscar) as best movie in 1995.
IMDB:tt0112619