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The Beginning and the End

7.0 187 mins Drama   1994
Alameda Films   Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía  
Director(s): Arturo Ripstein

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.

Casts of The Beginning and the End

Ernesto Laguardia

as Gabriel Botero

Julieta Egurrola

as Ignacia Botero

Blanca Guerra

as Julia

Lucía Muñoz

as Mireya Botero

Verónica Merchant

as Natalia

Bruno Bichir

as Nicolás Botero

Alberto Estrella

as Guama Botero

Alonso Echánove

as Cariñoso

Luis Felipe Tovar

as César

Julián Pastor

as Luján

Luisa Huertas

as Isabel

Jorge Fegán

as Absalón

Ernesto Yáñez

as Polvorón

Alejandro Parodi

as Rector

Darío T. Pie

as Maurer

Luis Rábago

as Guardiola

Graciela Bernardos

as Señora

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