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.
Cast
Julieta Egurrola
Ignacia Botero
Ernesto Laguardia
Gabriel Botero
Bruno Bichir
Nicolás Botero
Lucía Muñoz
Mireya Botero
Alberto Estrella
Guama Botero
Verónica Merchant
Natalia
Luis Felipe Tovar
César
Blanca Guerra
Julia
Luisa Huertas
Isabel
Julián Pastor
Luján
Ernesto Yáñez
Polvorón
Alonso Echánove
Cariñoso
Alejandro Parodi
Rector
Darío T. Pie
Maurer
Luis Rábago
Guardiola
Graciela Bernardos
Señora
Jorge Fegán
Absalón
Alejandra Montoya
Tamara
Osami Kawano
Okura
Roberto Antunez
Genaro
Dolores Beristáin
Cleo
Alexandra Vicencio
Piruja
Abel Woolrich
Afanador
Gastón Melo
Prefecto
Loló Navarro
Jarocha
Crew
Arturo Ripstein
Director, Producer
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer
Naguib Mahfouz
Novel
Rafael Castanedo
Editor
Claudio Rocha
Director of Photography, Photoscience Manager
Michael Donnelly
Producer
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer
Lucía Álvarez
Original Music Composer
Marisa Pecanins
Art Direction
Macedonio Ramos
Art Direction
