Principio y fin 1994

Synopsis:

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
Written by: Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Release date: 1994-06-24
Runtime: 187 minutes
Tagline: Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
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 
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Also known as:
  • The Beginning and the End