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Winner Of 49 International Awards
Adapted from the novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley is set in the downtown section of Mexico City.The events that take place have been divided into the stories of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experience homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma (Salma Hayek), the virgin who becomes a cocaine addicted prostitute.
With humor, with pain, and with love for mankind, the film narrates the collective life of the people that live in the heart of the city, a place called Midaq Alley.
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