A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
December 3, 1973
Original Title:
El principio
Genres:
Action | Drama | History
Production Companies:
Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Production Countries:
Mexico
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 135
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.
Cinematography:
Rosalío Solano
Director:
Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Editor:
Carlos Savage
Executive Producer:
José Luis Bueno
Hair Designer:
Bertha Chiu
Makeup Artist:
Rosa Guerrero
Music:
Rubén Fuentes
Producer:
Víctor Junco
Special Effects:
León Ortega
Wardrobe Designer:
Georgette Somohano
Writer:
Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
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