El principio

The story

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 & crew

Lucha VillaMaría del Rayo, la Coquena

Narciso BusquetsDon Ernesto Domínguez

Andrés GarcíaLuciano

Fernando BalzarettiDavid Domínguez

Sergio BustamanteDon Pancho

Aurora ClavelMadre Soldadera

Patricia AspíllagaClaudia Guadalajara

Evangelina MartínezPetrita

Bruno ReyGeneral Cardiel

Lina MontesDoña Cuca

Armando AcostaEl Cura

Gregorio AcostaGeneral Francisco Villa