Film

El principio

1973 · 2h 15m · Action · Drama · History

IMDb

7.4

Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserted home and remembers people and events from his adolescence that provide glimpses of pre-Revolutionary society under dictatorship: his uncle, the chief of police; his sister’s involvement with a liberal political association; bathing with the girls from a local brothel; a labor strike that ended in a massacre. Returning to the present he discovers that his father has been assassinated and, in the company of his father’s former servant, joins the revolutionary movement.

Lucha Villa

María del Rayo, la Coquena

Narciso Busquets

Don Ernesto Domínguez

Andrés García

Luciano

Fernando Balzaretti

David Domínguez

Sergio Bustamante

Don Pancho

Aurora Clavel

Madre Soldadera

Patricia Aspíllaga

Claudia Guadalajara

Evangelina Martínez

Petrita

Bruno Rey

General Cardiel

Lina Montes

Doña Cuca

Armando Acosta

El Cura

Gregorio Acosta

General Francisco Villa

Juan Allende

Enrique

Rafael Arreola

Subteniente Federal

Armando Coria

Capitán Federal

Maria Luisa Garza Ruiz

La Maestra

• Gonzalo Martínez OrtegaDirector · Writer
• Víctor JuncoProducer
• José Luis BuenoExecutive Producer
• Carlos SavageEditor

Release date

December 3, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Action, Drama, History