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The Place Without Limits
The Place Without Limits
8.7
/10
3,236 Ratings

THE PLACE WITHOUT LIMITS

El lugar sin límites

Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, 1978
Drama, LGBTQ+

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 the final holding required for a monopoly.

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 the final holding required for a monopoly.

Our 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.