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Midaq Alley

7.0 140 mins Drama   1995
Alameda Films   Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes   Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía  
Director(s): Jorge Fons

Release Date: 05 Fri, May 1995

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 emigrate 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.

Casts of Midaq Alley

María Rojo

as Doña Cata

Bruno Bichir

as Abel

Delia Casanova

as Eusebia

Margarita Sanz

as Susanita

Claudio Obregón

as Don Fidel

Abel Woolrich

as Zacarías

Luis Felipe Tovar

as Güicho

Daniel Giménez Cacho

as José Luis

Gina Morett

as Doña Flor

Óscar Yoldi

as Ubaldo

Eugenia Leñero

as Tina

Tiaré Scanda

as Maru

Álvaro Carcaño

as Doc. Beltrán

Coral Bonelli

as Agapito

Alfonso Bravo

as Toño

Jesús Ochoa

as Parroquiano

Lucía Álvarez

as Pianista Burdel

Guillermo Ayala

as Agente

Anna Ciocchetti

as Burdel

Claudia Goytia

as Burdel

Daniel Birman Ripstein

as Don Fidel's Son (uncredited)

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