El principio

El principio

135 mins | Drama, Action, History | Dec. 3, 1973

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.

El principio

135 mins | Drama, Action, History | Dec. 3, 1973

El principio
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.
Producers Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Original title El principio
Directors Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Writers Gonzalo Martínez Ortega

Cast

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

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