Summary
“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.
Details
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Runtime: 130 minutes
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: ES
Rating: ⭐ 7.2/10 (192 votes)
Alejandro Jodorowsky Autobiography Collection
The Dance of Reality
“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.
Endless Poetry
A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.
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Bastián Bodenhöfer
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Adan Jodorowsky
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Juan Quezada
Evangelic Pastor
Adrián Salgado
Clown Lechuga / Guatón González
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Nazi Officer
Sebastián Layseca
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Alejandro Sieveking
Priest
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Liberator 1
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Tortured Man
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Police Officer
Pedro Fontaine
Bar Musician
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