The Beginning and the End
Principio y fin
Rating: 7.4 · 1994 · Drama · Mexico · 3 ч 7 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- Principio y fin
- Year
- 1994
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 3 ч 7 мин
- TMDB
- 7.4
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Tagline
- Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
Director
Cast
- Julieta Egurrola — Ignacia Botero
- Ernesto Laguardia — Gabriel Botero
- Bruno Bichir — Nicolás Botero
- Lucía Muñoz — Mireya Botero
- Alberto Estrella — Guama Botero
- Verónica Merchant — Natalia
- Luis Felipe Tovar — César
- Blanca Guerra — Julia
- Luisa Huertas — Isabel
- Julián Pastor — Luján
- Ernesto Yáñez — Polvorón
- Alonso Echánove — Cariñoso
- Alejandro Parodi — Rector
- Darío T. Pie — Maurer
- Luis Rábago — Guardiola
- Graciela Bernardos — Señora
- Jorge Fegán — Absalón
- Alejandra Montoya — Tamara
- Osami Kawano — Okura
- Roberto Antunez — Genaro