Las Poquianchis (1976)

Original title

Las poquianchis

Directed by

Felipe Cazals

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

C

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Mexico, two sisters run a brothel where they systematically exploit and murder women. The film depicts their crimes and the investigation that eventually brings them to justice.

grimunsettlingslow-burnintensebleakclaustrophobicdarkatmosphericdisturbing

What happens

Las Poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó), or simply Las Poquianchis, is a 1976 crime drama film directed by Felipe Cazals, and written by Tomás Pérez Turrent, and Xavier Robles. The film is inspired by the case of the sisters Delfina and María de Jesús González, better known as "Las Poquianchis". It stars Ana Ofelia Murguía, Leonor Llausás, and Malena Doria as Las Poquianchis, along with Diana Bracho, Tina Romero, and Jorge Martínez de Hoyos. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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