The Beginning and the End
1993 · Movie · 188 min. · Mexico
Based on the homonymous novel by the Egyptian Nobel-Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz. The widow Ignacia places all the family hopes in his son Gabriel. All the members of the family make sacrifices to enable Gabriel to finish his studies, but nothing will come out as they had wished for, leading to the complete disintegration of the family. Principio y fin was awarded the Gold Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Ernesto Laguardia · Julieta Egurrola · Blanca Guerra · Lucía Muñoz · Alberto Estrella · Bruno Bichir · Alex Cox · Verónica Merchant · Ernesto Yáñez · Alonso Echánove · Julián Pastor · Luisa Huertas · Jorge Fegán · Alejandro Parodi · Darío T. Pie · Luis Felipe Tovar
Soundtrack Lucía Alvarez
Screenplay Paz Alicia Garciadiego · Naguib Mahfuz
Cinematography Claudio Rocha
Original title Principio y fin
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640 votes (FilmAffinity)
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