
The Beginning and the End
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.
Top Billed Cast

Ernesto Laguardia
Gabriel Botero

Julieta Egurrola
Ignacia Botero

Blanca Guerra
Julia
Lucía Muñoz
Mireya Botero

Verónica Merchant
Natalia
Featured Crew
Michael Donnelly
Producer

Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer

Rafael Castanedo
Editor
Marisa Pecanins
Art Direction
Macedonio Ramos
Art Direction

Arturo Ripstein
Producer

Arturo Ripstein
Director

Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer

Naguib Mahfouz
Novel
Claudio Rocha
Director of Photography
Claudio Rocha
Photoscience Manager

Lucía Álvarez
Original Music Composer