Lecumberri, the Dark Palace (1977)

Release Date: 1977-11-02
Runtime: 1h 50min
Production Company: Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Production Country: Mexico
Director: Arturo Ripstein

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.

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