TITLE:
Midaq Alley
AUTHOR:
Mahfouz, Najeeb
Cruz, Ernesto Gomez
Bernal, Juan Manuel
Hayek, Salma
Casanova, Delia
Obregon, Claudio
Fons, Jorge
Rojo, Maria
Lenero, Vicent
Sanz, Margarita
Balzaretti, Georgina
Tovar, Luis Felipe
Bichir, Bruno
Woolrich, Abel
SUBJECT:
| Drama |
DESCRIPTION:
From the novel by Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley explores intersecting lives in Mexico City. Cantina owner Rutilio (Ernesto Gómez 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.
PUBLISHER:
Film Movement Classics
PERIOD_DATE:
2018-11-06
ERC_FORMAT:
HOOPLA MOVIE
LANGUAGE:
español