Las poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó) (1976) DVDRip

Felipe Cazals's Las poquianchis (1976) Cover

IMDB Info
Year: 1976
Rating: 6.8
Director: Felipe Cazals
Cast: Diana Bracho, Malena Doria, Leonor Llausás
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Plot: The film is based in a true-life story; involving a ring of child and women prostitution in which some middle-rank politicians and police bosses were involved from the early 50's to the early 70's in ¨el bajío¨region of México.

"Las Poquianchis" tells the story of the girls who were taken from their families under false promises and sent to the Poquianchis brothel. On arriving there, the girls were virtually kept as prisoners and forced to work as prostitutes - they were mistreated and sometimes even killed. The film keeps almost always a closed, dark atmosphere, which can be suffocating, but reflecting accurately the kind of life the girls in this ring were living .

The case is followed several years alongside the political state of opression to which the girls´parents were subject to. The father and other small farmers are fighting legally for their own land, but they are fighting against the government which is also involved in the brothel. Their fight is hopeless - corruption will stall them and deaths will ensue.