Castle of Purity

Director: Arturo Ripstein
Genre: World cinema, Drama, Family Drama, Coming of age
Year: 1973
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Claudio Brook, Diana Bracho, Arturo Beristáin, Rita Macedo, Gladys Bermejo, María Rojo, David Silva, Maria Barber, Mario Castillón Bracho, Andrea del Llano, María Guadalupe Delgado, Alejandra Jiménez, Roberto Jiménez, Osami Kawano, Cecilia Leger

Castle of Purity is a 1973 drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein and co-written with José Emilio Pacheco.

The castle of purity (Spanish: El castillo de la pureza) is a 1972 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. Based on a true story, it depicts a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the "evil nature" of human beings while inventing, with his wife, rat poison.

It has won the 1973 Golden Ariel Award.

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