Movie Details
Original Language:Spanish
Production Companies:Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Centro de Producción de Cortometraje
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Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Audience Score
DirectorArturo Ripstein
WritersJosé Emilio Pacheco
1 hr 50 minDocumentary
Plot
The Lecumberri Penitentiary was one of the most notorious prisons in 20th-century Mexico, known for the notorious inmates who were held there and the appalling living conditions inside. This documentary records daily life in the prison shortly before its closure.
