The Beginning and the End

Year: 1993

Runtime: 187 mins

Language: Spanish

Director: Arturo Ripstein

Drama

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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