The Beginning and the End
1994/06/24 • Released • Spanish
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
Overview
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
Director : Arturo Ripstein
Casts
Ernesto Laguardia
Gabriel Botero
Julieta Egurrola
Ignacia Botero
Blanca Guerra
Julia
Verónica Merchant
Natalia
Bruno Bichir
Nicolás Botero
Alberto Estrella
Guama Botero
Alonso Echánove
Cariñoso
Luis Felipe Tovar
César
Julián Pastor
Luján
Luisa Huertas
Isabel
Jorge Fegán
Absalón
Ernesto Yáñez
Polvorón
Alejandro Parodi
Rector
Darío T. Pie
Maurer
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