

The Beginning and the End
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.
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- Language
- Spanish
- family
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CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)15+19 Feb 1997
MexicoMX
- Theatrical9 Sept 1994
SpainES
- PremiereSan Sebastián Film Festival30 Sept 1993
- Theatrical24 Jun 1994
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The Beginning and the End was released on 24 June 1994.
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