The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End by Arturo Ripstein

7.20

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.

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Cast

Julieta Egurrola

Julieta Egurrola as Ignacia Botero

Ernesto Laguardia

Ernesto Laguardia as Gabriel Botero

Bruno Bichir

Bruno Bichir as Nicolás Botero

Lucía Muñoz

Lucía Muñoz as Mireya Botero

Alberto Estrella

Alberto Estrella as Guama Botero

Verónica Merchant

Verónica Merchant as Natalia

Luis Felipe Tovar

Luis Felipe Tovar as César

Blanca Guerra

Blanca Guerra as Julia

Luisa Huertas

Luisa Huertas as Isabel

Julián Pastor

Julián Pastor as Luján

Ernesto Yáñez

Ernesto Yáñez as Polvorón

Alonso Echánove

Alonso Echánove as Cariñoso

Alejandro Parodi

Alejandro Parodi as Rector

Darío T. Pie

Darío T. Pie as Maurer

Luis Rábago

Luis Rábago as Guardiola

Graciela Bernardos

Graciela Bernardos as Señora

Jorge Fegán

Jorge Fegán as Absalón

Alejandra Montoya

Alejandra Montoya as Tamara

Osami Kawano

Osami Kawano as Okura

Roberto Antunez

Roberto Antunez as Genaro

Dolores Beristáin

Dolores Beristáin as Cleo

Alexandra Vicencio

Alexandra Vicencio as Piruja

Abel Woolrich

Abel Woolrich as Afanador

Gastón Melo

Gastón Melo as Prefecto

Loló Navarro

Loló Navarro as Jarocha

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