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The Place Without Limits ( Spanish: El lugar sin límites, also released as Hell Without Limits) is a 1978 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein, produced in Mexico and based on the 1966 novel of the same name written by Chilean José Donoso. The film was selected by Mexico as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st ...
Apr 28, 1978 · The Place Without Limits: Directed by Arturo Ripstein. With Lucha Villa, Ana Martín, Gonzalo Vega, Julián Pastor. Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town.
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- Drama
- Arturo Ripstein
- 1978-04-28
Mexican small town, a homosexual with a daughter who works as a prostitute too and helps him run the local whorehouse. However, this is not so much a tale of the world of prostitution but one of ...
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- Arturo Ripstein
- Drama
- Lucha Villa
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a whorehouse to own all the buildings and close the deal. It's owned by a man and his daughter: Manuelita is gay, aging, afraid; he cross-dresses and entertains as a ...
The Place Without Limits treats men as brutes, easily insecure within a macho world and prone to violent homophobia. The final scenes show how normalised such violence is, though The Place Without Limits also gives hope. It shows happiness and peace amongst people, where it is only a few who stir up hatred.
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- Conacite Dos
- Arturo Ripstein
Considered by many to be Arturo Ripstein’s most celebrated film, The Place Without Limits was not without controversy. Daring for its time, the film plunged into hot-button subject matter ranging from misogyny and transvestism to sex work, with the brothel functioning as a potent metaphor for hell.
La Manuela. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Yaco Alva. ... Cliente flaco (uncredited) Ana María Chabot. ... Pueblerina chismosa (uncredited) Inés Murillo.
