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Title:
Midaq Alley [hoopla movie].
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Publication Date:
1995
Publication Information:
[United States] : Film Movement Classics, 1995.
Made available through hoopla
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 140 min.)) : sd., col.
Abstract:
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.
Performers:
Juan Manuel Bernal, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz, Claudio Obregon, Abel Woolrich, Salma Hayek.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
Spanish
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Audience:
Not rated.
