Salma Hayek in Midaq Alley (1995)

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El Callejón de los milagros (1998) (Midaq Alley) is the most decorated film in the history of Mexico, having won 49 International awards.

For the rest, this is a wonderful film about life in Mexico City. It centers on the story of three people, each told seperately and sequentially, who all live and interact in Callejón de los milagros. We have a bar owner with a wife he has grown tired of and abuses, a son he doesn't approve of, and two daughters he never sees.

He has suddenly started an affair with a young man in a nearby shop. The second character is an old maid in search of a man. The third is a young virgin (Salma Hayek) who feels abandoned when her true love leaves for the US to make enough money to marry her. She ends up a call girl, and addicted to drugs. This film is not as dark as the above makes it sound.

There is much humor along the way, and wonderful characters shown in the act of being human. The cinemaphotography is superb, where every single frame is suitable for hanging on your wall.

There is a dearth of English language reviews for this film. The DVD transfer is very good. If this is your sort of genre, see this film.

IMDB Summary: 225 IMDB readers have it at 8.1 out of 10. My vote will raise that.

Written by: Tuna ...courtesy of Scoopy.net