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Dominican Rep. 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- See all credits
- 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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