Directed by:
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Alejandro JodorowskyCast:
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau, Bertha Lomelí, Brontis Jodorowsky, Julián de Meriche, David Silva, Agustín Isunza, Cecilia Leger, José Luis Fernández (more)VOD (1)
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A mind-blowing 'acid-western' which shocked and bedazzled audiences upon its controversial original release, El Topo single-handedly invented the American midnight movie phenomenon... Jodorowsky's most violent and notorious film sees the director play 'The Mole' of the title: a black-clad. master gunfighter. In the first half, El Topo journeys across the desert dreamscape with his young son (Brontis Jodorowsky) to duel with four sharp-shooting Zen masters, who each bestow a Great Lesson before they die. In the second half, El Topo becomes the guru of a subterranean tribe of deformed outcasts who he must liberate from depraved cultists in a neighbouring town. A countercultural masterpiece that ingeniously combines iconic Americana symbolism with Jodorowsky's own idiosyncratic surrealist aesthetic, El Topo is an incredible journey through nightmarish violence, mind-bending mysticism and awe-inspiring imagery. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chile
Best movies:
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Endless Poetry (2016)
The Dance of Reality (2013)
Alfonso Arau
Mexico
Best movies:
Coco (2017)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Bertha Lomelí
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Brontis Jodorowsky
Mexico
Best movies:
Endless Poetry (2016)
Holy Blood (1989)
The Dance of Reality (2013)
Julián de Meriche
Russia
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Museum of Horror (1964)
David Silva
Mexico
Best movies:
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Mole (1970)
Castle of Purity (1973)
Agustín Isunza
Mexico
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
Alucarda (1977)
Cecilia Leger
Best movies:
Nazarin (1959)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
The Mole (1970)
José Luis Fernández
Mexico
Gerardo Zepeda
Mexico
Best movies:
Salvador (1986)
Pirate Kid (1971)
The Mole (1970)
René Barrera
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Mole (1970)
Birds of Prey (1968)
Vicente Lara
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)
Museum of Horror (1964)
Arturo Silva
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Pablo Marichal
Cuba
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Juan José Gurrola
Mexico
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
Frida, naturaleza viva (1983)
Pepita González
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
José Luis González de León
Best movies:
The Mole (1970)
José Antonio Alcaraz
Mexico
Best movies:
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Mole (1970)
The House of Madness (1973)
Valerie Jodorowsky
Best movies:
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Mole (1970)
Fando and Lis (1968)