Midaq Alley

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

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 (Juan Manuel Bernal), who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel (Bruno Bichir), is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma (Salma Hayek), who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita (Margarita Sanz), the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband. Adapted from the novel of the Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuz.

directed by: Jorge Fons
starring: Salma Hayek, Maria Rojo, Bruno Bichir, Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Margarita Sanz
1995 / 140 min / 1.85:1 / Spanish Stereo

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Behind the Scenes featurette
• Introduction from Salma Hayek and director Jorge Fons and a new essay by Cinema Tropical founder Carlos Gutiérrez
• English subtitles