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The Beginning and the End

1993 film directed by Arturo Ripstein
Movie film Q15500718
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The Beginning and the End

Summary

The Beginning and the End is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Beginning and the End's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Beginning and the End's director is recorded as Arturo Ripstein[4].
  • The Beginning and the End's screenwriter is recorded as Paz Alicia Garciadiego[5].
  • The Beginning and the End's composer is recorded as Lucía Álvarez[6].
  • The Beginning and the End's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Ernesto Laguardia Longega[8].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Julieta Egurrola[9].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Blanca Guerra[10].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Verónica Merchant[11].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Bruno Bichir[12].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Alberto Estrella[13].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Luis Felipe Tovar[14].
  • The Beginning and the End's cast member is recorded as Julián Pastor[15].
  • The Beginning and the End's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0110894[16].
  • The Beginning and the End's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Spanish[17].
  • The Beginning and the End's color is recorded as color[18].
  • The Beginning and the End's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 881960[19].
  • The Beginning and the End's country of origin is recorded as Mexico[20].
  • The Beginning and the End's publication date is recorded as +1993-09-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • The Beginning and the End's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bvy1zw[22].
  • The Beginning and the End's filming location is recorded as Mexico[23].
  • The Beginning and the End's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/the_beginning_and_the_end[24].
  • The Beginning and the End's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 9805[25].
  • The Beginning and the End's nominated for is recorded as International Submission to the Academy Awards[26].
  • The Beginning and the End's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Principio y fin'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Beginning and the End's director is recorded as Arturo Ripstein[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Paz Alicia Garciadiego[5]. Cast members include Ernesto Laguardia Longega[8], Julieta Egurrola[9], Blanca Guerra[10], Verónica Merchant[11], Bruno Bichir[12], and Alberto Estrella[13].

Publication

The Beginning and the End's publication date is recorded as +1993-09-00T00:00:00Z[21]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as Spanish[17]. Its genre is recorded as drama film[7].

Why It Matters

The Beginning and the End ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

film Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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