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The Place Without Limits

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1978 · 110 min Drama
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Manuela, an aging transgender woman, runs a brothel in a remote Chilean town. Her existence is a tightrope walk between the contempt of the locals and the covert power her establishment holds. The arrival of Pancho, a young and aggressive truck driver, shatters this precarious balance. His raw masculinity acts as a dangerous magnet for Manuela's daughter, La Manuela, and a direct threat to the fragile ecosystem she has cultivated. Under the oppressive provincial sun, a potent drama of desire, identity, and societal limits unfolds.

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Original Title El lugar sin límites
Year 1978
Country Mexico
Genre Drama
Director Arturo Ripstein
Runtime 110 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (61 votes)

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Arturo Ripstein's film is a bold and unflinching study of marginality, portrayed with raw, unsettling honesty. Roberto Cobo delivers a tragic, multifaceted performance as Manuela, embodying a soul trapped at the intersection of gender and class.

What lingers after the final frame is the claustrophobic weight of prejudice and the tragic poetry of desires that defy a rigid world. A powerful, enduring statement on the cost of authenticity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Arturo Ripstein

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Dusty provincial heat, the brothel's dim, confessional light, a silence thick with unspoken threat.

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