Released:
1994-06-24

Overview:
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.

Director:
Arturo Ripstein

Runtime:
3h 7min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Julieta Egurrola
  as
  Ignacia Botero
• 
  Ernesto Laguardia
  as
  Gabriel Botero
• 
  Bruno Bichir
  as
  Nicolás Botero
• 
  Lucía Muñoz
  as
  Mireya Botero
• 
  Alberto Estrella
  as
  Guama Botero