The Beginning and the End
- Original title
- Principio y fin
- Year
- 1993
- Running time
- 188 min.
- Country
- Mexico
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Paz Alicia Garciadiego. Novel: Naguib Mahfuz
- Cast
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- 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
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Poverty. Family Relationships
- Movie Groups
- Naguib Mahfuz Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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.- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1993: Ariel Awards: 7 Awards including Best Film. 14 Nominations1993: San Sebastián Film Festival: Golden Shell - Best Film1994: Festival internacional de La Habana: Gran Coral a la mejor película
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