Feature film
The Place Without Limits
El lugar sin límites
Arturo Ripstein · 1978
Synopsis
In a dilapidated village run by the local boss don Alejo, a nearly abandoned brothel survives as best it can. La Japonesita inherited it from her mother, la Japonesa, who had won it from the boss through a bet. Also living there is la Manuela, a man in women's clothes. The boss wants to buy up the village's lands. Pancho, a lorry driver, then returns to the village and looks for la Japonesita and la Manuela, whose presence awakens hidden desires in him.
Context
The film is taken from the novel by the Chilean José Donoso, adapted by the director with Manuel Puig, José Emilio Pacheco and others, and produced by the public body Conacite Dos. Miguel Garzón shot it in colour; Roberto Cobo plays la Manuela, Gonzalo Vega Pancho, Fernando Soler the cacique. It was released in Mexico on 28 April 1978. Praised by critics, it scarcely found an audience in cinemas.
Who it is for
A film of a little under two hours, harsh and violent, not to be shown to everyone; distributed in France.
Prizes and reception
Special Jury Prize at San Sebastián in 1978, Ariel for best film; ninth of the hundred best Mexican films.
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