Jorge Fons

Jorge Fons Pérez 23 April 1939 22 September 2022 was a Mexican film director He belonged to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM His short film Caridad 1973 is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema Two of the most important films of his filmography are Rojo amanecer 1989 and El callejón de los milagros 1995 based on the homonymous book by Naguib Mahfouz Midaq Alley of 1947 which breaks the classic lineal plots in films His 1976 film Los albañiles won the Silver Bear at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival In 1995 his film El callejón de los milagros won a Special Mention at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival