The castle of purity
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The castle of purity is a 1972
1972 in film
The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...

 Mexican drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director.-Life and career:Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir...

. 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.

Cast

  • Claudio Brook
    Claudio Brook
    Claudio Brook was a Mexican actor. Born in Mexico City, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100 film and television appearances in his 38 years. He won two Ariel Awards. He died from stomach cancer in 1995....

     - Gabriel Lima
  • Rita Macedo - Beatriz
  • Arturo Beristáin
    Arturo Beristain
    Arturo Beristain is a retired Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador in Spanish, who currently works as a wrestling trainer at the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's gym in Mexico City, Mexico...

     - Porvenir
  • Diana Bracho
    Diana Bracho
    Diana Bracho is a Mexican film, television and stage actress.-Early life:Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the mother of actor Julio Bracho . She married Dr. Felipe Bracho, a university professor. They have a daughter, Andrea...

     - Utopía
  • Gladys Bermejo - Voluntad
  • Mario Castillón Bracho - Undercover cop

Legacy

The 2009 Greek film Kynodontas (aka Dogtooth) has been largely based on "The castle of purity". Though, without acknowledging any influence from the latter, the similarities have raised debates and plagiarism accusations against the Greek Academy nominated film.

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