The Beginning and the End
movie
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
Released June 24, 1994
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast
Julieta Egurrola
as
Ignacia Botero
Ernesto Laguardia
as
Gabriel Botero
Bruno Bichir
as
Nicolás Botero
Lucía Muñoz
as
Mireya Botero
Alberto Estrella
as
Guama Botero
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Verónica Merchant
as
Natalia
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Luis Felipe Tovar
as
César
Blanca Guerra
as
Julia
Luisa Huertas
as
Isabel
Julián Pastor
as
Luján
Ernesto Yáñez
as
Polvorón
Alonso Echánove
as
Cariñoso
Crew
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Macedonio Ramos
as
Art Direction
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
as
Producer
Rafael Castanedo
as
Editor
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Marisa Pecanins
as
Art Direction
Arturo Ripstein
as
Producer
Arturo Ripstein
as
Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
as
Writer
Naguib Mahfouz
as
Novel
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Claudio Rocha
as
Director of Photography
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Claudio Rocha
as
Photoscience Manager
Lucía Álvarez
as
Original Music Composer
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Michael Donnelly
as
Associate Producer