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. Considering that this limitws was made in when no one especially no one in mexico was making films about gay josse, this film is remarkable for the way it presents a critique of macho culture. Bere lanetan kritika zorrotza egin zion goiburgesiari eta horren etikari. Fuentes held saturday gettogethers, which is how ripstein met donoso. The main character is manuela, the transgender who owns the bordello. Aug 21, 2014 fuentes held saturday gettogethers, which is how ripstein met donoso. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in. Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a mexican town. The film was selected selected by mexico as its entry for the best foreign language film at the 51st academy awards, but was not accepted as a. Considering that this film was made in when no one especially no one in mexico was making films about gay men, this film is remarkable for the way it presents a critique of macho culture. For some reason, jose donoso s work seems particularly susceptible to a reading as national allegory. The place without limits is a 1978 mexican drama film directed by arturo ripstein, produced in mexico and based on the 1966 novel of the same name written by chilean jose donoso.