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

Photos

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Actors

Julieta Egurrola

Ernesto Laguardia

Bruno Bichir

Lucía Muñoz

Alberto Estrella

Verónica Merchant

Luis Felipe Tovar

Blanca Guerra

Luisa Huertas

Julián Pastor

Ernesto Yáñez

Alonso Echánove

Alejandro Parodi

Darío T. Pie

Luis Rábago

Graciela Bernardos

Jorge Fegán

Alejandra Montoya

Osami Kawano

Roberto Antunez

Dolores Beristáin

Crew

Macedonio Ramos

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.

Rafael Castanedo

Marisa Pecanins

Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Naguib Mahfouz

Claudio Rocha

Claudio Rocha

Lucía Álvarez

Michael Donnelly