Principio y fin
Paese d'origine: Mexico
Location del set: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Veracruz, Mexico Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Genere: Drama
Lingue: Spanish
Plot: 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.
Visti censura internazionale: Spain:18 Argentina:18
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:8 October 1998 |
| France:15 March 1995 |
| Mexico:9 September 1994 |
| Spain:24 June 1994 |
| Spain:September 1993 | (San Sebastián Film Festival) |
| CAM:Panavision Cameras and Lenses |
| LAB:Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Mexic |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| Ultra Stereo |
| Argentina:188 |
| Mexico:188 |
| Spain:170 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
alameda films
argentina video home (avh)
cinemania films group
prime films, s.l.
videovisa
instituto mexicano de cinematografía (imcine)
produzione cinematografica: instituto mexicano de cinematografía (imcine) consejo nacional para la cultura y las artes (conaculta) fondo de fomento a la calidad cinematográfica alameda films
produttore cinematografico: ripstein hijo alfredo
regista: ripstein arturo
attore: laguardia ernesto egurrola julieta guerra blanca merchant verónica bichir bruno estrella alberto echánove alonso muñoz lucía tovar luis felipe pastor julián huertas luisa fegán jorge yanez ernesto (yáñez ernesto) parodi alejandro pie darío t. rábago luis bernardos graciela jansland julius montoya alejandra kawano osami antunez roberto beristáin dolores vicencio alexandra león mariana gámez lupita woolrich abel melo gastón navarro loló hinojosa jaime (ii)
direttore della fotografia: rocha claudio
scenografia: pecanins marisa
montaggio: castanedo rafael
compositori: álvarez lucía
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mahfouz naguib garciadiego paz alicia
troupe varia: mendoza eduardo
produzione cinematografica: instituto mexicano de cinematografía (imcine) consejo nacional para la cultura y las artes (conaculta) fondo de fomento a la calidad cinematográfica alameda films
produttore cinematografico: ripstein hijo alfredo
regista: ripstein arturo
attore: laguardia ernesto egurrola julieta guerra blanca merchant verónica bichir bruno estrella alberto echánove alonso muñoz lucía tovar luis felipe pastor julián huertas luisa fegán jorge yanez ernesto (yáñez ernesto) parodi alejandro pie darío t. rábago luis bernardos graciela jansland julius montoya alejandra kawano osami antunez roberto beristáin dolores vicencio alexandra león mariana gámez lupita woolrich abel melo gastón navarro loló hinojosa jaime (ii)
direttore della fotografia: rocha claudio
scenografia: pecanins marisa
montaggio: castanedo rafael
compositori: álvarez lucía
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mahfouz naguib garciadiego paz alicia
troupe varia: mendoza eduardo