The Beginning and the End

Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece

Released
1994
3h 7min
15 votes
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Principio y fin

Langue originale

ES

Langues parlées

Spanish

Production

Compagnies de production

Alameda Films

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Pays de production

Mexico

Image d'arrière-plan 1 du film The Beginning and the End

Mots-clés

family