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

L Lucha VillaMaría del Rayo, la Coquena N Narciso BusquetsDon Ernesto Domínguez A Andrés GarcíaLuciano F Fernando BalzarettiDavid Domínguez S Sergio BustamanteDon Pancho A Aurora ClavelMadre Soldadera P Patricia AspíllagaClaudia Guadalajara E Evangelina MartínezPetrita B Bruno ReyGeneral Cardiel L Lina MontesDoña Cuca A Armando AcostaEl Cura G Gregorio AcostaGeneral Francisco Villa

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J Juan AllendeEnrique R Rafael ArreolaSubteniente Federal A Armando CoriaCapitán Federal M Maria Luisa Garza RuizLa Maestra A Alfonso ObregonHijo Soldadera M Maribel TarragóBarbarita A Alejandro ParodiLeobardo López E Eduardo López RojasJesús José Licón P Pilar SouzaJuana la loca A Arthur HanselThomas Benton P Patricia LukeKika R Rodrigo PueblaSantos I Ivan J. RadoAdolph Benton M Manuel ZozayaDon Francisco Domínguez J Juan BalzarettiAmado J Jorge BalzarettiDavid (adolescente) A Adolfo Torres PortilloPapá Juan M Maricruz NájeraMaría I Inés MurilloPetronila J Jaime MorenoJuan Bejareno V Victor JordanSargento federal R Regino HerreraRanchero rajón H Humberto DupeyrónEsteban, joven