The Beginning and the End

Principio y fin

“Arturo Ripstein's Masterpiece”

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.

Director

Arturo Ripstein

Screenplay

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Novela

Naguib Mahfouz

Music

Lucía Álvarez

Status

Released

Release date

24/06/1994

Original language

Spanish