
The Place Without Limits
7.5
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1978•1 h 50 m•Mexico
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 flamenco dancer; he wants to sell and leave. His daughter wants to stay. The return of Pancho complicates things: he's a hothead Alejo tries to control and he scared Manuelita the year before. Things come to a head as Pancho breaks Alejo's hold on him, then flirts and dances with Manuelita and finds himself at risk of being called a "maricón".
Drama
Acteurs (23)

Arturo Ripstein
Director

Roberto Cobo
La Manuela

Fernando Soler
Don Alejo Cruz

Lucha Villa
La Japonesa

Ana Martín
Japonesita

Gonzalo Vega
Pancho
Julián Pastor
Octavio (Tavo)

Carmen Salinas
Lucy

Emma Roldán
Ludovinia
Blanca Torres
Doña Blanca

Marta Aura
Emma (hermana de Octavio)
Agustín Silva
Reynaldo
Socorro de la Campa
Nelly (Prostituta)
Francisco Llopis
Cliente anciano

Hortensia Santoveña
Clotilde
Nery Ruiz
Lila
María Teresa Olmedo
Rosita (Prostituta)
Hermanas Gómez
Hermanas Farias
Cecilia Leger
Lupe (criada)
José Donoso
Writer
José Emilio Pacheco
Writer

Arturo Ripstein
Writer

Manuel Puig
Writer