The Beginning and the End

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 24, 1994

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

spanish

Countries

Mexico

Production

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía,Alameda Films,Alameda Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0110894