The Castle of Purity (1973)
- Original title
- El castillo de la pureza
- Directed by
- Arturo Ripstein
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 90 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man keeps his family locked inside their home to protect them from the outside world. They work making rat poison while living under his rigid control.
unsettlingclaustrophobicbleakslow-burntenseatmosphericsomberpsychologically intense
What happens
The Castle of Purity (Spanish: El castillo de la pureza) is a 1972 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It is based on a real criminal case that took place in Mexico City in 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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