Mexican Cinema. Shared Visions
Principio y fin (Beginning and End)
Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, 1993
35mm | 170min. | Colour | VOSI
Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, 1993
35mm | 170min. | Colour | VOSI
Production:
Alfredo Ripstein, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Alameda FILMS, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad CinematográficaScreenplay:
Paz Alicia GarciadiegoPhotography:
Claudio RochaEditor:
Rafael CastañedoMusic:
Lucía ÁlvarezSound:
Antonio Diego, David BakshtActors:
Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Bruno Bichir, Lucía MuñozSinopsis
When her husband dies, leaving her as head of the family, a widow favours her youngest son over her other children, with tragic results. Ripstein shifts Mahfouz’s tragic Egyptian universe to the Mexican middle class in a no-holds-barred familiar melodrama shot in elegant sequence shots.
Festivals
Concha de Oro - Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 1993
Prix - Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena 1993