Midaq alley (El callejón de los milagros) / Alfredo Ripstein Jr. presenta una película de Jorge Fons ; Alameda Films ; Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes ; Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía ; guión cinematográfico, Vicente Leñero ; una producción de Alfredo Ripstein Jr. ; dirección, Jorge Fons.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Film Movement classicsPublisher: New York, NY : Film Movement, [2018]Description: 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)Content type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Title on container and disc label: Midaq alley
- Callejón de los milagros (Motion picture)
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006 -- Film adaptations
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006
- Neighbors -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- City dwellers -- Mexico -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- Spouses -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- Gay men -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- Prostitutes -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Interpersonal relations -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Drama
- Relaciones humansa -- México -- Cuidad de México, México -- Teatro
- City dwellers
- Gay men
- Interpersonal relations
- Man-woman relationships
- Neighbors
- Prostitutes
- Social Conditions
- Mexico
- Mexico -- Mexico City
- Since 1970
- 791.43/72 23
- PN1997 .M53 2018
- Director of photography, Carlos Marcovich ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucia Alvarez.
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Wasatch County Library Audio Visual Area | Movies | BLU Mid (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34301001676230 |
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 presentation; LPCM 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.
Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Title and credits from screen.
Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz.
Director of photography, Carlos Marcovich ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucia Alvarez.
Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfuz.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's 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.
Rating: Not rated.
Special features: Behind the scenes footage; original Mexican trailer; in booklet, new essay by Carlos A. Gutiérrez.
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