The Beginning and the End
Principio y fin
Release: 1994-06-24
·Runtime: 187m
·★ 7.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Mexico
Production Companies
Alameda Films
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Cast
Ernesto Laguardia
as Gabriel Botero
Bruno Bichir
as Nicolás Botero
Blanca Guerra
as Julia
Julieta Egurrola
as Ignacia Botero
Alejandro Parodi
as Rector
Darío T. Pie
as Maurer
Jorge Fegán
as Absalón
Luisa Huertas
as Isabel
Alonso Echánove
as Cariñoso
Lucía Muñoz
as Mireya Botero
Alberto Estrella
as Guama Botero
Julián Pastor
as Luján
Ernesto Yáñez
as Polvorón
