{{Infobox Film
| name           = El Callejón de los Milagros 
| image          = El callejon de los milagros english poster.PNG
| caption        = ''El Callejón de los Milagros'' theatrical poster
| director       = Jorge Fons
| producer       = Gerardo Barrera<br>Alfredo Ripstein hijo
| writer         = Vicente Leñero
| starring       = Ernesto Gómez Cruz<br>Salma Hayek<br>Bruno Bichir<br>Delia Casanova<br>Margarita Sanz<br>Claudio Obregón
| music          = Lucía Álvarez
| cinematography =Carlos Marcovich
| editing        = Carlos Savage hijo
| distributor    = VIDEOVISA <small>(Mexico) (Spain)</small><br />IFC Films<small>(USA) (Australia)</small>
| released       = May 5, 1995 <small>(Mexico)</small><br />November 17, 1995 <small>(Spain)</small><br />October 26 1995 <small>(Netherlands)</small><br />March 6, 1998 <small>(USA)</small>
| runtime        = 140 min. 
| country        =  Mexico
| language       = Spanish
| budget         = 
| website        = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112619/
| gross          = 
| amg_id         = 134851
| imdb_id        = 0112619
}}

'''''El callejón de los milagros''''' (English: '''''The Alley of Miracles''''') is an award-winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, the film was directed by Jorge Fons. The film deals with complex issues such as gay and lesbian related topics,  the lower-middle class of Mexico City, and the lives of many people.

The story is told from three perspectives: Don Ru (Ernesto Gómez Cruz), the owner of a cantina where most of the men in the story gather to drink and play dominoes, Alma (Salma Hayek), the beautiful girl of the neighborhood who dreams of passion, and Susanita (Margarita Sanz who won an Ariel Award for this role), the owner of the apartment complex where Alma and many of the other characters live.

To date the film is well known to be the greatest Mexican film of all-time, the film was  critically acclaimed by international critics, it earned 11 Mexican films by IMDB.com and Entertainment Weekly.

== Plot ==
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 owns a small "cantina" where all the men spend afternoons playing domino. He's tired of his longtime marriage with Eusebia and has recently discovered new feelings inside his heart. It doesn't matter if these feelings are not aimed to a young lady but to a young clerk  after all, as one of the characters says, "it's platonic love". Don Ru's son Chava doesn't like what he sees and almost kills his father's lover. Running away from Don Ru's anger, Chava escapes to the USA with his friend Abel who's deeply in love with beautiful Alma, the daughter of Dona Cata, a tarot reader with bad luck in love. Susanita, the ugly landlady looking for love; Guicho, Don Ru's cynical employee, Maru, Don Fidel, Dona Flor, Zacarias and mean Jose Luis complete the cast of characters of this complex portrait of lives.

== 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 as Susanita
* Claudio Obregón as Don Fidel
* Juan Manuel Bernal as Chava
* Abel Woolrich as Zacarías
* Luis Felipe Tovar as Güicho
* Daniel Giménez Cacho as José Luis
* Gina Morett as Doña Flor
* Óscar Yoldi as Ubaldo ''El Poeta'' ("The poet")
* Esteban Soberanes as Jimy
* Eugenia Leñero as Tina
* Tiaré Scanda as Maru

== Awards & nominations ==
===Ariel Awards===
'''Wins:'''
* ''Best Film''
* ''Best Direction''' for Jorge Fons
* ''Best Actress'' for Margarita Sanz
* ''Best Supporting Actor'' for Luis Felipe Tovar
* ''Best Costume Design''' for Jaime Ortiz
* ''Best Editing''' for Carlos Savage hijo
* ''Best Make-Up'' for Elvia Romero
* ''Best Original Music Theme or Song'' for Lucía Álvarez
* ''Best Original Score'' for Lucía Álvarez 
* ''Best Production Design'' for Carlos Gutiérrez
* ''Best Screenplay'' for Vicente Leñero

'''Nominations:'''
* ''Best Actor'' for Ernesto Gómez Cruz
* ''Best Actor in a Minor Role''' for Óscar Yoldi
* ''Best Actress'' for Salma Hayek
* ''Best Actress in a Minor Role'' for Delia Casanova 
* ''Best Actress in a Minor Role''' for María Rojo
* ''Best Cinematography ''' for Carlos Marcovich 
* ''Best Set Design '' for Carlos Gutiérrez
* ''Best Sound'' for David Baksht 
* ''Best Supporting Actor'' for Daniel Giménez Cacho 
* ''Best Supporting Actor'' for Esteban Soberanes 
* ''Best Supporting Actress '' for Tiaré Scanda

===Berlin International Film Festival===
'''Wins:'''
* ''Special Mention'' for the exceptional narrative quality
'''Nominations:''
* ''Golden Berlin Bear'' for Jorge Fons 

=== Chicago International Film Festival===
'''Wins:'''
* ''Audience Choice Award"

=== Goya Award===
'''Wins:'''
* ''Best Spanish Language Foreign Film''

=== Gramado Film Festival ===
'''Wins:'''
* ''Best Director'' for Jorge Fons
* ''Best Supporting Actress'' for Margarita Sanz

{{Infobox Film
|DT = Midaq Alley
|OT = El callejón de los milagros
|PL = Mexiko
|PJ = 1995
|LEN = 134
|OS = Spanisch
|AF = 12
|REG = Jorge Fons
|DRB = Vicente Leñero Otero
|PRO = Gerardo Barrera, <br/> Alfredo Ripstein hijo
|MUSIK = Lucía Álvarez
|KAMERA = Carlos Marcovich
|SCHNITT = Carlos Savage
|DS = 
*Ernesto Gómez Cruz: Rutilio
*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 
*Daniel Giménez Cacho: José Luis 
*Gina Morett: Doña Flor 
*Óscar Yoldi: Ubaldo
*Esteban Soberanes: Jimy 
*Eugenia Leñero: Tina 
}}
'''Midaq Alley''' ''(El callejón de los milagros)'' ist ein mexikanisches 1995. Regie führte Jorge Fons, das Drehbuch schrieb Vicente Leñero Otero anhand des Romans ''Die Midaq-Gasse'' von Nagib Mahfuz aus dem Jahr 1947.

== Handlung ==
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Der Episodenfilm besteht aus vier Teilen, derer Handlung in Mexiko-Stadt spielt. Rutilio besitzt ein Restaurant, in dem sein Sohn Chava dessen meiste Zeit verbringt. Chava träumt davon, in den Vereinigten Staaten zu arbeiten, um seine Nachbarin Alma zu beeindrucken und zu erobern. Alma widmet sich jedoch José Luis.

Almas Mutter Doña Cata betätigt sich als Wahrsagerin; sie sagt Susanita, diese würde den Mann derer Träume kennenlernen. Susanita lernt Güicho kennen, der für Rutilio arbeitet.

Der verheiratete Rutilio hat eine homosexuelle Beziehung mit Jimy. Chava erfährt davon und greift den Liebhaber seines Vaters an.

== Kritiken ==

Derek Adams schrieb in ''Time Out London'', der Film wirke weitgehend wie eine Seifenoper, er „''punkte''“ jedoch mit Tempo und Humor.<ref>[http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/73142/midaq_alley.html Filmkritik von Derek Adams, abgerufen am 6. Dezember 2007]</ref>

Christopher Null schrieb auf www.filmcritic.com, der Film sei kaum mehr als eine lange mexikanische Seifenoper. Die Anzahl der Filmpreise könne allenfalls Cineasten und Filmhistoriker beeindrucken.<ref>[http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Midaq-Alley Filmkritik von Christopher Null, abgerufen am 6. Dezember 2007]</ref>

== Auszeichnungen ==

Der Film erhielt im Jahr 1995 den mexikanischen ''Golden Ariel'' sowie zehnmal den ''Silver Ariel''; darunter für Regie, das Drehbuch, die Filmmusik, den Schnitt und die Darstellungen von Luis Felipe Tovar sowie Margarita Sanz. Er wurde in 11 weiteren Kategorien für den ''Silver Ariel'' nominiert, darunter für die Darstellungen von Delia Casanova, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Salma Hayek, María Rojo, Tiaré Scanda, Esteban Soberanes und Óscar Yoldi sowie für die Kameraarbeit und für den Ton.