Oyuncular Ernesto Gómez Cruz - Rutilio (Don Ru) María Rojo - Doña Cata Salma Hayek - Alma Bruno Bichir - Abel Delia Casanova - Eusebia Margarita Sanz - Susanita Claudio Obregón - Don Fidel Juan Manuel Bernal - Chava Abel Woolrich - Zacarías Luis Felipe Tovar - Güicho
Bilgi :Based on the Nobel Prize Winners novel, the Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. The story, translated from El Cairo to Mexico Citys downtown, narrates the life of the members of the neighbourhood and the connection between them Don Ru, the owner of the local pub; Eusebia, his wife; Guicho, his son and Abel his friend, who emigrate to USA in search of fortune; Susanita, the single landtender always dreaming to marry a good man; Jimmy, the pubs employee, who extracts the money when Don Ru is not there and finally marries Susanita; Alma, the very good looking girl, the Abels dream, who becomes a luxury prostitute while hes away, etc. This movie won the Ariel (the Mexican Oscar) as best movie in 1995.The lives of the inhabitants of El Callejon de los Milagros, in downtown Mexico City, are closely knitted as the threads of a rug. Fifty-something Don Ru (Gomez Cruz) owns a small "cantina" where all the men spend afternoons playing domino. Hes tired of his longtime marriage with Eusebia (Casanova) and has recently discovered new feelings inside his heart. It doesnt matter if these feelings are not aimed to a young lady but to a young clerk (Soberanes): after all, as one of the characters says, "its platonic love". Don Rus son Chava (Bernal) doesnt like what he sees and almost kills his fathers lover. Running away from Don Rus anger, Chava escapes to the USA with his friend Abel (Bichir) whos deeply in love with beautiful Alma (Hayek), the daughter of Dona Cata (Rojo), a tarot reader with bad luck in love. Susanita (Sanz), the ugly landlady looking for love; Guicho (Tovar), Don Rus cinic employee, Maru (Scanda), Don Fidel (Obregon), Dona Flor (Morett), Zacarias (Woolrich) and mean Jose Luis (Gimenez Cacho) complete the cast of characters of this complex portrait of lives.
