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Alejandro Jodorowsky: El poeta bizzarro

El Topo

Alejandro JODOROWSKY

Mexico1970 125min D-Cinema Color

Synopsis

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so he avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader"s woman Mara as his. His surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.

Diretor

Alejandro JODOROWSKY

Although he has only made seven features in the space of 45 years, he has worked as an actor, screenwriter, musician, comics writer, author and director. He has been venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts for his works such as El Topo(1970), The Holy Mountain(1973) and Holy Blood(1989).