The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

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Cast

Julieta Egurrola

Ignacia Botero

Ernesto Laguardia

Gabriel Botero

Bruno Bichir

Nicolás Botero

Lucía Muñoz

Mireya Botero

Alberto Estrella

Guama Botero

Verónica Merchant

Natalia

Luis Felipe Tovar

César

Blanca Guerra

Julia

Luisa Huertas

Isabel

Julián Pastor

Luján

Ernesto Yáñez

Polvorón

Alonso Echánove

Cariñoso