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Cast

Ernesto Laguardia

Ernesto Laguardia

Gabriel Botero

Julieta Egurrola

Julieta Egurrola

Ignacia Botero

Blanca Guerra

Blanca Guerra

Julia

Lucía Muñoz

Lucía Muñoz

Mireya Botero

Verónica Merchant

Verónica Merchant

Natalia

Bruno Bichir

Bruno Bichir

Nicolás Botero

Alberto Estrella

Alberto Estrella

Guama Botero

Alonso Echánove

Alonso Echánove

Cariñoso

Luis Felipe Tovar

Luis Felipe Tovar

César

Julián Pastor

Julián Pastor

Luján

Luisa Huertas

Luisa Huertas

Isabel

Jorge Fegán

Jorge Fegán

Absalón

Ernesto Yáñez

Ernesto Yáñez

Polvorón

Alejandro Parodi

Alejandro Parodi

Rector

Darío T. Pie

Darío T. Pie

Maurer

Luis Rábago

Luis Rábago

Guardiola

Graciela Bernardos

Graciela Bernardos

Señora

Crew

Michael Donnelly

Michael Donnelly

Producer

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.

Producer

Rafael Castanedo

Rafael Castanedo

Editor

Marisa Pecanins

Marisa Pecanins

Art Direction

Macedonio Ramos

Macedonio Ramos

Art Direction

Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein

Producer

Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein

Director

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Writer

Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

Novel

Claudio Rocha

Claudio Rocha

Director of Photography

Claudio Rocha

Claudio Rocha

Photoscience Manager

Lucía Álvarez

Lucía Álvarez

Original Music Composer

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The Beginning and the End

19947.2 / 10187 min
Drama

Overview

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.