Place Without Limits/ El lugar sin limites (Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 1978)

https://notesonfilm1.com/2023/02/26/the-place-without-limits-el-lugar-sin-limites-arturo-ripstein-mexico-1978/ A film that shocked and delighted with the unexpected. A film that makes one re-think a history of queer representation and 70s cinema. A transnational project in the sense that it's based on a Chilean novel by José Donoso, with a script in which Manuel Puig (Argentina) collaborated and of course made in Mexico. It brings to mind Tennessee Williams and Puig's own Kiss of the Spider-woman. It's a funny tragedy, a critique of machismo featuring one of the most fearless queens in the history of cinema. Every Arturo Ripstein film we've seen so far seems the best one yet. We discuss this and much more in the accompanying podcast.