The Beginning and the End

Name: The Beginning and the End
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Genre: Drama
Released: 1994-06-24T
Duration: 187 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Lucía Muñoz, Verónica Merchant

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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.

Actor: Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Lucía Muñoz, Verónica Merchant, Bruno Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Alonso Echánove, Luis Felipe Tovar, Julián Pastor

Director: Arturo Ripstein

Years: 1994

Country: Mexico

Quality: HD

Production: Alameda Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

The Beginning and the End

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