The Place Without Limits (Spanish: El lugar sin límites, also released as Hell Without Limits) is a 1978 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein, produced in Mexico and based on the 1966 novel of the same name written by Chilean José Donoso.

Inside, Manuela (Roberto Cobo) and her daughter, known as Japonesita (Ana Martín), are asleep.

Manuela panics, recognizing the honk as that of Pancho (Gonzalo Vega), a man who has attacked her before, destroying her red flamenco dress.

Manuela wakes the other women in the brothel in search of red thread to mend the dress.

Ludovinia reveals that Don Alejo (Fernando Soler), the town's mayor, had once taken a liking to Pancho, hiring him to drag his daughter, Moniquita, in wagon and encouraging him to go to school.

This angers Manuela, and Japonesita locks herself in their room, opening a case of La Japonesa's things.

Manuela begins to dance to raucous boos, but Don Alejo insists on letting her finish.

La Japonesa enters Manuela's room and begins kissing her, and it cuts to Don Alejo leaving the doorway, apparently satisfied with the bargain.

In present day, Octavio lends the money for Pancho to pay off Don Alejo, and they celebrate his freedom by going to the brothel.

Manuela eventually bursts in in her red flamenco gown, dancing seductively for Pancho.