Aka: The Alley of Miracles
Year: 1994
Running time: 144 min.
Country: Mexico
Director: Jorge Fons
Screenwriter: Vicente Leñero. Novel: Naguib Mahfuz
Cast: Ernesto Gómez Cruz as Rutilio (Don Ru) · María Rojo as Doña Cata · Salma Hayek as Alma · Bruno Bichir as Abel · Delia Casanova as Eusebia · Margarita Sanz
Music: Lucía Alvarez
Cinematography: Carlos Marcovich
Producer: IMCINE, U de G, Alameda Films
Genre: Drama | Melodrama. Ensemble Film
Synopsis: 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.
