The Place Without Limits
- IMDb link: 0076336
- IMDb rating: 7.5 (1,853 votes)
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Julian Pastor, Arturo Ripstein
- Cast: Roberto Cobo, Gonzalo Vega, Ana Martin, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa and others
- Release date: 28 Apr 1978
- Release year: 1978
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- Country: Mexico
- Keywords: gay stereotype, gay parent, gay latino, gay interest, gay father, greed, melodrama, affair, brother in law, prostitute
Plot:
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 "maricon".