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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.

Featured Crew

Michael Donnelly
Producer
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer

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

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