
Movie
The Beginning and the End
Principio y fin
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
19943h 7m7.7out of 1019 votes
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
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Cast

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

Alejandro Parodi
Rector

Darío T. Pie
Maurer
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