The Beginning and the EndMovie
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.
About The Beginning and the End
The Beginning and the End is a 1994 drama movie directed by Arturo Ripstein.
The production information lists a runtime of 3h 7m, production credits from Mexico, an original language code of ES.
The credited cast includes Julieta Egurrola, Ernesto Laguardia, Bruno Bichir, Lucía Muñoz. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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