TY - ADVS AU - Fons,Jorge AU - Ripstein,Alfredo AU - Leñero,Vicente AU - Gómez Cruz,Ernesto AU - Rojo,Maria AU - Hayek,Salma AU - Bichir,Bruno AU - Maḥfūẓ,Najīb ED - Alameda Films, ED - Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico), ED - Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, ED - Film Movement (Firm), TI - Midaq alley (El callejón de los milagros) T2 - Film Movement classics AV - PN1997 .M53 2018 U1 - 791.43/72 23 PY - 2018///] CY - New York, NY PB - Film Movement KW - Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, KW - Neighbors KW - Mexico KW - Mexico City KW - Drama KW - City dwellers KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Spouses KW - Gay men KW - Prostitutes KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Relaciones humansa KW - México KW - Cuidad de México, México KW - Teatro KW - bidex KW - fast KW - Social Conditions KW - Mexico City (Mexico) KW - Social conditions KW - Melodramas (Motion pictures) KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Title and credits from screen; Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfuz; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995; Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Special features: Behind the scenes footage; original Mexican trailer; in booklet, new essay by Carlos A. Gutiérrez; Director of photography, Carlos Marcovich ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucia Alvarez; Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz; Rating: Not rated; Blu-ray; Amazon N2 - 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 ER -