Mexican Cinema. Shared Visions

El lugar sin límites (The Place without Limits)
Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, 1978
DVD | 110min. | Colour | VOSF

Screenplay:
Arturo Ripstein, José Donoso
Photography:
Miguel Garzón
Music:
Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras
Actors:
Lucha Villa, Ana Martín, Gonzalo Vega, Julián Pastor
 
Sinopsis

An acclaimed portrait of a squalid, pathetic, painful Mexico. A small-town brothel is home to la Manuela, a transvestite, and la Japonesita, a young prostitute and the result of a past indiscretion between la Manuela and the deceased la Japonesa. Don Alejo, the old local big shot, wants to buy the brothel to sell to a consortium, together with the rest of the town.

 
Festivals

Concha de Plata - Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 1978