The Dance of Reality

2013 · 130 min · ES · NR · 7.3 (169 votes)

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · Starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bastián Bodenhöfer, Andrés Cox · Music Adan Jodorowsky

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“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

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A deeply personal, often bizarre, and visually arresting journey into the filmmaker's psyche. It's a raw, unflinching exploration of memory and trauma, rendered with Jodorowsky's signature surrealist flair. Prepare for a mind-bending, spiritual odyssey.

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