The Beginning and the End
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.
Directed by Arturo Ripstein · Written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Cast
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Julieta Egurrola Ignacia Botero -
Ernesto Laguardia Gabriel Botero -
Bruno Bichir Nicolás Botero -
Lucía Muñoz Mireya Botero -
Alberto Estrella Guama Botero -
Verónica Merchant Natalia -
Luis Felipe Tovar César -
Blanca Guerra Julia -
Luisa Huertas Isabel -
Julián Pastor Luján -
Ernesto Yáñez Polvorón -
Alonso Echánove Cariñoso
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