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The Beginning and the End (1994)

ALL 06/24/1994 (es) Drama 187 Min
  • Release
    06/24/1994
  • Production
    Alameda Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Principio y fin
  • Original language
    es
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece

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.

  1. Arturo Ripstein

    Director

  2. Story



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The Beginning and the End (1994) 187 Min

ALL 06/24/1994 (es)
Drama
  • Release 06/24/1994
  • Production
    Alameda Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
  • Original title Principio y fin
  • es
  • Revenue0.00

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece

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.

  1. Arturo Ripstein

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Rafael Castanedo

    Editor

  4. Alfredo Ripstein Jr., Arturo Ripstein, Michael Donnelly

    Producer



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