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The Beginning and the End
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
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.
Cast
- Julieta Egurrola as Ignacia Botero
- Ernesto Laguardia as Gabriel Botero
- Bruno Bichir as Nicolás Botero
- Lucía Muñoz as Mireya Botero
- Alberto Estrella as Guama Botero
- Verónica Merchant as Natalia
- Luis Felipe Tovar as César
- Blanca Guerra as Julia
- Luisa Huertas as Isabel
- Julián Pastor as Luján
- Ernesto Yáñez as Polvorón
- Alonso Echánove as Cariñoso
Details
- Director
- Arturo Ripstein
- Released
- June 24, 1994
- Runtime
- 3h 7m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Alameda Films and Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.7 / 10 from 19 votes
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