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

Cast

Julieta Egurrola,Ernesto Laguardia,Bruno Bichir,Lucía Muñoz,Alberto Estrella,Verónica Merchant,Luis Felipe Tovar,Blanca Guerra,Luisa Huertas,Julián Pastorand 15 more

Director

Arturo Ripstein

Writer

Paz Alicia Garciadiego,Naguib Mahfouz

Producer

Arturo Ripstein,Alfredo Ripstein Jr.

Cinematography

Claudio Rocha

Music

Lucía Álvarez

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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