The Place Without Limits

El lugar sin límites

Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1978

111 mins

8.6 / 10 (3133)

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.

MUBI's 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.