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"Through the character of a transvestite who has fathered a daughter with a local prostitute, this penetrating melodrama examines the sexual ambiguity, repression, and prejudice of a small Mexican town" -- Container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Conacite Dos (Firm), Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Ripstein, Arturo, Villa, Lucha, Martín, Ana, 1947-, Vega, Gonzalo, Pastor, Julián, Salinas, Carmen, Soler, Fernando, Cobo, Roberto, 1930-2002, Garzon, Miguel, Donoso, José, 1924-1996
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish; with optional yellow English subtitles.
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : Strand Releasing Home Video, [2006]
Edition:Standard format (1.33:1).
Subjects:
Cross-dressers > Mexico > Drama.
Procuresses > Mexico > Drama.
Brothels > Mexico > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Mexico > Drama.
Machismo > Mexico > Drama.
Social problem films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Mexican.
Description
Summary:"Through the character of a transvestite who has fathered a daughter with a local prostitute, this penetrating melodrama examines the sexual ambiguity, repression, and prejudice of a small Mexican town" -- Container.
Item Description:Based on the novel: El lugar sin límites / by José Donoso.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Miguel Garzón ; film editor, Francisco Chiu.