Midaq Alley 1995  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Claudio Obregon, Juan Manuel Bernal, Margarita Sanz, Abel Woolrich
A 1947 novel by Nobel prizewinner Naguib Mahfouz is translated from 1940s' Cairo to modern Mexico City with excellent results. The story revolves around several people of a close-knit Mexico City neighborhood. Their stories are intertwined into excellent film fare: a middle-aged father and cantina owner is attracted to a young man, a beautiful woman has trouble waiting for her lover who has fled to the U.S., and a homely landlady falls in love.
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Red Daybreak 1989 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Demian Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardan, Simon Guevara, Roberto Sosa
Mexico City just before the Olympic Games of 1968 is the setting for this drama involving an uprising of students who believe that changes in their living conditions must be made. The uprising is brutally suppressed by the government as hundreds of people are killed.
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| 1. Jory (1972)
2. Midaq Alley (1995)
3. Red Daybreak (1989)
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