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The Beginning and the End is a film of genre Drama directed by Arturo Ripstein with Ernesto Laguardia

The Beginning and the End (1994)

The Beginning and the End
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Length 3h8
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Genres Drama
Rating78% 3.913713.913713.913713.913713.91371

The Beginning and the End (Spanish: Principio y fin) is a 1993 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Actors

Ernesto Laguardia

(Gabriel Botero)Blanca Guerra

(Julia)Verónica Merchant

(Natalia)Bruno Bichir

(Nicolás Botero)Alberto Estrella

(Guama Botero)
And :
Luis Felipe Tovar
Julián Pastor
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