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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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El lugar sin límites. Directed by. Arturo Ripstein. Mexico, 1978. Drama, LGBTQ+. 111. Synopsis. In a small village, the gender-fluid brothel owner La Manuela and their daughter want to seduce recently returned Pancho, who feels his manhood threatened. Meanwhile, a greedy capitalist is trying to buy the whole village and Manuela’s brothel is ...
Julián Pastor. Octavio. Carmen Salinas. Lucy. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A transvestite wants to sell his Mexican brothel over his daughter's objections.
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MUBI's take. 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.
Arturo Ripstein Mexico, 1978. 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.
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The Place Without Limits (Hell Without Limits) is a film directed by Arturo Ripstein with Roberto Cobo, Gonzalo Vega, Ana Martín, Lucha Villa .... Year: 1978. Original title: El lugar sin límites. Synopsis: In a small town, "La Manuela", an extravagant homosexual and his daughter "La Japonesita" run a brothel.
