Principio y fin
Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece
Movie - 187mins
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.
Cast:
Ernesto
Yáñez
Alejandro
Parodi
Darío
T.
Luis
Rábago
Graciela
Bernardos
Ernesto
Laguardia
Julieta
Egurrola
Blanca
Guerra
Lucía
Muñoz
Verónica
Merchant
Bruno
Bichir
Alberto
Estrella
Alonso
Echánove
Luis
Felipe
Julián
Pastor
Luisa
Huertas
Jorge
Fegán
Ernesto
Yáñez
Alejandro
Parodi
Darío
T.
Luis
Rábago
Graciela
Bernardos
Ernesto
Laguardia
Julieta
Egurrola
Blanca
Guerra
Lucía
Muñoz
Verónica
Merchant