Basic Info
Release: June 24, 1994
Runtime: 187 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.2/10 (15 votes)
Status: Released
The Beginning and the End
1994
187 min
⭐ 7.2/10
15 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Mexico
Spoken Languages
- Spanish es
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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
Crew
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer
Arturo Ripstein
Producer
Michael Donnelly
Producer
Arturo Ripstein
Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer
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