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The Beginning and the End

70% | Jun 24, 1994
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 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

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Ernesto Laguardia
Gabriel Botero
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Julieta Egurrola
Ignacia Botero
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Lucía Muñoz
Mireya Botero

Featured Crew

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Michael Donnelly
Producer
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Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer
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Rafael Castanedo
Editor
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Marisa Pecanins
Art Direction
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Macedonio Ramos
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Arturo Ripstein
Producer
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Arturo Ripstein
Director
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Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer
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Naguib Mahfouz
Novel
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Claudio Rocha
Director of Photography
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Claudio Rocha
Photoscience Manager
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Lucía Álvarez
Original Music Composer

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