
The Beginning of Time
2014, Spanish. Directed by Bernardo Arellano.
Antonio and Bertha are an elderly couple, about 90 years old who find themselves in trouble when social security pensions are suspended due to a financial and social crisis in the country where they live. Given the fact that their children have not visited them in many years they are confronted with the need to survive alone. The couple is forced to sell their belongings and sustain themselves selling food on the street orstealing. The lives of the two elderly people change when their son Jonas and grandson Paco, absent from their lives for over a decade, appear unexpectedly once again.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 18 October 2014
- Original title
- El comienzo del tiempo
- Country
- Mexico
- Written by
- Bernardo Arellano
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The Beginning of Time runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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The Beginning of Time isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Beginning of Time?
The Beginning of Time (2014) was directed by Bernardo Arellano and stars Antonio Pérez Carbajal, Bertha Olivia Ramírez, Francisco Barreiro.