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The Beginning and the End
The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

187 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

24 June 1994

Country

Mexico

Cast

Ernesto Laguardia

Ernesto Laguardia

Gabriel Botero

Julieta Egurrola

Julieta Egurrola

Ignacia Botero

Blanca Guerra

Blanca Guerra

Julia

Lucía Muñoz

Lucía Muñoz

Mireya Botero

Verónica Merchant

Verónica Merchant

Natalia

Bruno Bichir

Bruno Bichir

Nicolás Botero

Alberto Estrella

Alberto Estrella

Guama Botero

Alonso Echánove

Alonso Echánove

Cariñoso

Luis Felipe Tovar

Luis Felipe Tovar

César

Julián Pastor

Julián Pastor

Luján

Luisa Huertas

Luisa Huertas

Isabel

Jorge Fegán

Jorge Fegán

Absalón

Ernesto Yáñez

Ernesto Yáñez

Polvorón

Alejandro Parodi

Alejandro Parodi

Rector

Darío T. Pie

Darío T. Pie

Maurer

Luis Rábago

Luis Rábago

Guardiola

Graciela Bernardos

Graciela Bernardos

Señora

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