The Beginning and the End (Principio y fin) 30 years old

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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The Beginning and the End Cast

Name	Character
Blanca Guerra She was 41, now 71 years old
Ernesto Laguardia He was 34, now 65 years old	as Gabriel Botero
Julieta Egurrola She was 41, now 71 years old	as Ignacia Botero

The Beginning and the End Crew

Name	Department
Arturo Ripstein as Director. He was 50 (now 81) years old	Directing
Claudio Rocha as Photoscience Manager.	Crew
Paz Alicia Garciadiego as Writer. She was 44 (now 75) years old	Writing