Fando y Lis (1968)

Directed by

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

15+

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A man named Fando and his paralyzed girlfriend Lis search for a mythical paradise called Tar. They travel through a strange and barren landscape, encountering bizarre people and situations.

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What happens

Fando y Lis ('Fando and Lis') is a 1968 Mexican surrealist film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature-length directorial debut. It is an adaptation of a 1962 play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the time. The film was shot in high-contrast black-and-white on the weekends with a small budget and was first shown at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968. Fando y Lis stars Sergio Klainer and Diana Mariscal as the titular pair who embark on a surreal quest in search of Tar, a mythical heaven-like place. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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