Castle of Purity
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Castle of Purity

(1973)Directed by Arturo Ripstein110 minDrama

Gabriel Lima (Claudio Brook) runs a rat poison business out of his Mexico City home, and he has decided the outside world is too corrupt for his family to enter. His wife Beatriz (Rita Macedo) and their three children, Porvenir (Arturo Beristáin), Utopía (Diana Bracho) and Voluntad (Gladys Bermejo), live behind locked doors under his rules. Arturo Ripstein draws on a real 1959 criminal case, and Gabriel keeps calling the locks his love for them.

Claudio Brookas Gabriel Lima
Rita Macedoas Beatriz
Diana Brachoas Utopía
Gladys Bermejoas Voluntad
David Silvaas Inspector
María Rojoas Young at store
MBMaría Barberas Neighbor
MCMario Castillón Brachoas Undercover cop
Andrea del Llanoas Clerk
Alejandra Jiménezas Clerk
Emma Roldánas Clerk
Roberto Jiménezas Trash man
Osami Kawanoas Yutaka
CLCecilia Legeras María Luisa
Inés Murilloas Mother