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El callejón de los milagros / Lakeshore Entertainment ; Alfredo Ripstein, Jr. presenta ; una película de Jorge Fons ; Alameda Films, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía presentan ; guión cinematográfico, Vicente Leñero ; una producción de Alfredo Ripstein ; dirección, Jorge Fons.
LIBRA DVD 009 217
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006--Film adaptations.
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb.
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.
- Neighbors--Mexico--Mexico City--Drama.
- Neighbors.
- Interpersonal relations--Drama.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Gay men.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Mexico City.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Gay men--Mexico--Drama.
- Prostitutes--Drama.
- Prostitutes.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Motion pictures, Mexican.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Collector's edición.
- Other Title:
- Title from optional English subtitles: Midaq Alley
- Place of Publication:
- Coral Gables, FL : Venevision International, [2004]
- Language Note:
- Spanish dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presention; Dolby Digital stereo, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Story of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experiences homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma, the virgin who becomes a cocaine addicted prostitute.
- Participant:
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Margarita Sanz, Claudio Obregon, Juan Manuel Bernal, Abel Woolrich, Luis Felipe Tovar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Gina Morett, Oscar Yoldi, Tiare Scanda.
- Credits:
- Photography, Carlos Marcovich; editor, Carlos Savage; music, Lucia Alvarez.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel Zuqaq al-Midaqq by Naguib Mahfuz.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
- Special features (with English subtitles) : Trailer; Filmographies; Making of... ; Behind the scenes; Naguib Mahfouz, the writer; Jorge Fons, the director; Salman Hayek.
- OCLC:
- 58396890
- Publisher Number:
- 822847011670
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