- Actors: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, María Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova
- Directors: Jorge Fons
- Writers: Naguib Mahfouz, Vicente Leñero
- Producers: Alfredo Ripstein hijo, Georgina Balzaretti, Miguel Postolache
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language: Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Lorber/Vid Can.
- Release Date: Oct 1 2002
- Run Time: 140 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 1572526599
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#58,298 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #57 in DVD > Art House & International > By Country > Mexico
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With humor, pain and love for mankind, the film tells the story of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutiloio, the family man with homosexual feelings; Susanita, who dreams of getting married but falls prey to a thief; and Alma (Salma Hayek), a virgin who becomes a cocaine snorting prostitute. Interactive Menus, Scene access, Production Credits, Awards, Filmographies
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A well told story,
By Penumbra (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Midaq Alley (Full Screen) (DVD)
Beginning with a game of dominoes in a Mexico City cantina, we are introduced to the people who frequent this neighborhood bar and then to their families, and the extended family of their poor neighborhood, ironically known as Midaq Alley or Callejon de los Milagros. We watch helplessly as a series of events unfold drawing in other characters and changing their lives forever. As the film progresses, this same game of dominoes begins again and again. Each time, we see how the same basic sequence of events unfold through the eyes of a different set of characters and and how their lives are changed forever. It's as though the game of dominoes is a metaphor for life. At some level each life touches another and determines what will happens to the other characters. A decision taken by one character limits and directs the choices of the others. Not having had the advantage of reading the novel in advance of renting the movie, I did not have a preconceived notion of how the characters should behave, or how they stacked up against the book. Generally the translation of a novel into a movie is sketchy at best. However, taken at face value Midaq Alley works very well on film. The plot is strong and the characters are well defined. What appears to be a slight nuance in one sequence becomes the obvious catalyst that motivates a character in a later sequence. The whole effect ties the characters together as an extended family, a neighborhood, a nation, and finally as archetypes for the human experience. I recommend Midaq Alley as the best type of "art film" -- one that serves as a catalyst for thought and discussion.
3.0 out of 5 stars
El Callejon de los Milagros,
This review is from: Midaq Alley (Full Screen) (DVD)
The movie itself is a great mexican masterpiece, but avoid this DVD at all costIt have none extra features, and the worst of all, you can't remove the english subtitles.... the aspect ratio is Full Screen and the audio is 2.0 I recommend this movie in a VHS rather than a DVD (unfortunatelly the only dvd version of this movie, is this featureless DVD... grrr!)
3.0 out of 5 stars
Two words: Salma Hayek,
By "peterdao" (Springfield, VA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Midaq Alley (Full Screen) (DVD)
Let's face it. This film won 49 awards from Latin American film festivals (including 1995 Ariel award - the Mexican Oscar - for best movie) but never really got a big welcome on the American market, even after being shown at the Washington D.C. International Film Festival. Was it because, when it comes to this kind of romantic drama, American moviegoers had seen a lot better? This film was acclaimed for a good screenplay (based on the novel by an Egyptian Nobel prize winner) and its cast and crew deserved some credit for their efforts, but all for all, it did nothing but reminded me of a fabulous classic, 1959's "Imitation of Life" (with Lana Turner, Sandra Dee and Susan Kohner).... Anyway, now that Salma Hayek has worked her way to stardom, anybody who's interested in her stunning beauty wouldn't want to miss her debut as an actress in "Midaq Alley". That's fair, because she truly carried the film so well. Although Margarita Sanz also won some Best Actress awards, people would definitely tend to remember more of Alma than of Susanita -- or so I think.
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