The Beginning and the End (1994)

The Beginning and the End (1994)

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece 1994-06-24 Mexico 187 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Ernesto Laguardia is Gabriel Botero
Gabriel Botero
Julieta Egurrola is Ignacia Botero
Ignacia Botero
Blanca Guerra is Julia
Julia
Lucía Muñoz is Mireya Botero
Mireya Botero
Verónica Merchant is Natalia
Natalia
Bruno Bichir is Nicolás Botero
Nicolás Botero
Alberto Estrella is Guama Botero
Guama Botero
Alonso Echánove is Cariñoso
Cariñoso
Luis Felipe Tovar is César
César
Julián Pastor is Luján
Luján
Luisa Huertas is Isabel
Isabel
Jorge Fegán is Absalón
Absalón

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