El principio
5.1
135 minutes
12/3/1973
Overview
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.
Cast List
Lucha Villa
as María del Rayo, la Coquena
Narciso Busquets
as Don Ernesto Domínguez
Andrés García
as Luciano
Fernando Balzaretti
as David Domínguez
Sergio Bustamante
as Don Pancho
Aurora Clavel
as Madre Soldadera
Patricia Aspíllaga
as Claudia Guadalajara
Evangelina Martínez
as Petrita
Bruno Rey
as General Cardiel
Lina Montes
as Doña Cuca
Armando Acosta
as El Cura
Gregorio Acosta
as General Francisco Villa
Juan Allende
as Enrique
Rafael Arreola
as Subteniente Federal
Armando Coria
as Capitán Federal
Maria Luisa Garza Ruiz
as La Maestra
Alfonso Obregon
as Hijo Soldadera
Maribel Tarragó
as Barbarita
Alejandro Parodi
as Leobardo López
Eduardo López Rojas
as Jesús José Licón
Pilar Souza
as Juana la loca
Arthur Hansel
as Thomas Benton
Patricia Luke
as Kika
Rodrigo Puebla
as Santos
Ivan J. Rado
as Adolph Benton
Manuel Zozaya
as Don Francisco Domínguez
Juan Balzaretti
as Amado
Jorge Balzaretti
as David (adolescente)
Adolfo Torres Portillo
as Papá Juan
Maricruz Nájera
as María
Inés Murillo
as Petronila
Jaime Moreno
as Juan Bejareno
Victor Jordan
as Sargento federal
Regino Herrera
as Ranchero rajón
Humberto Dupeyrón
as Esteban, joven