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The Castle of Purity

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Family · Crime/Violence · Suspense/Mystery · True Story

CountryMexico
Production Year1973
Running Time110min
Format35mm
ColorB&W

Program Note

Based on a gruesome true story which occurred at Mexico City in the 1950′s, the film unfolds the theme of restraint, utilizing various tools; the husband obsessing his wife′s past, sexual tension between the brother and sister, the house set like an old castle and the unrelenting downfall of rain throughout the running time. Though it depicts a man of an abnormal mentality, the objective camera mostly stuffs the whole family into frames to obscure psychology of the main character and to finally emphasize the theme of Ripstein′s films. (RHEE, Soue-won)

Director

Arturo RIPSTEIN

After graduating from the National Autonomous Film School in Mexico, Ripstein started working as an assistant director for Luis Buñuel. For his first feature film <Tiempo de morir> (1966), he worked with Gabriel García Márquez, one of the greatest writers in Central and South Americas. Later on, he founded the Mexican Independent Film Group along with Felipe Cazals and Rafael Castanedo and insisted on his experimental independent production up to the early 1970’s. Through a career spanning 30 films, including <El castillo de la pureza> (1973), <Principio y fin> (1993) and <Profundo carmesí> (1996), he became widely known on the global film festival scene famous for films in which relationships transcend taboos and convention.

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