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- Release, runtime and language
- 1993 · 187 mins · Spanish
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- Directed by
- Arturo Ripstein
- Starring
- Julieta Egurrola, Bruno Bichir, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Yáñez, Blanca Guerra, Luis Felipe Tovar
Arturo Ripstein’s drama follows the Boteros, a middle‑class Mexican family plunged into poverty after the patriarch’s death. Mother Ignacia (Egurrola) sacrifices her three older children to protect the youngest, Gabriel (Laguardia), hoping his ambition will restore the family’s lost wealth. Fate brings tragedy. Based on Naguib Mahfouz’s novel.
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