The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End

1994
3h 7m
7.2

7.2/10

15 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"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.

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Language: ES

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Production Information

Production Companies
Alameda Films Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Production Countries
Mexico
Spoken Languages
Spanish

Keywords

family

Quick Facts

Original Title Principio y fin
Release Date June 24, 1994
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt0110894

Cast

Julieta Egurrola
Julieta Egurrola

Ignacia Botero

Ernesto Laguardia
Ernesto Laguardia

Gabriel Botero

Bruno Bichir
Bruno Bichir

Nicolás Botero

Lucía Muñoz
Lucía Muñoz

Mireya Botero

Alberto Estrella
Alberto Estrella

Guama Botero

Verónica Merchant
Verónica Merchant

Natalia

Luis Felipe Tovar
Luis Felipe Tovar

César

Blanca Guerra
Blanca Guerra

Julia

Luisa Huertas
Luisa Huertas

Isabel

Julián Pastor
Julián Pastor

Luján

Ernesto Yáñez
Ernesto Yáñez

Polvorón

Alonso Echánove
Alonso Echánove

Cariñoso

Key Crew

Arturo Ripstein
Producer
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer
Arturo Ripstein
Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer