Release Date

24 Jun, 1994

Runtime

03:07: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece

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.

Original Title

Principio y fin

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Actors

Ernesto Laguardia

Julieta Egurrola

Blanca Guerra

Lucía Muñoz

Verónica Merchant

Bruno Bichir

Alberto Estrella

Alonso Echánove

Luis Felipe Tovar

Julián Pastor

Luisa Huertas

Jorge Fegán

Ernesto Yáñez

Alejandro Parodi

Darío T. Pie

Luis Rábago

Graciela Bernardos

Crew

Michael Donnelly

Arturo Ripstein

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.

Rafael Castanedo

Marisa Pecanins

Macedonio Ramos

Arturo Ripstein

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Naguib Mahfouz

Claudio Rocha

Lucía Álvarez

Claudio Rocha