The Beginning and the End (1994)
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
1994 · 3h 7m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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…
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Writers: Paz Alicia Garciadiego, Naguib Mahfouz
Music by: Lucía Álvarez
Cinematography: Claudio Rocha
Editor: Rafael Castanedo
Cast
Julieta Egurrola as Ignacia BoteroErnesto Laguardia as Gabriel BoteroBruno Bichir as Nicolás BoteroLucía Muñoz as Mireya BoteroAlberto Estrella as Guama BoteroVerónica Merchant as NataliaLuis Felipe Tovar as CésarBlanca Guerra as JuliaLuisa Huertas as IsabelJulián Pastor as LujánErnesto Yáñez as PolvorónAlonso Echánove as CariñosoMore like this
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