El Topo (1970)

Directed by

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Genre

drama film, Western film, midnight movie, acid Western

Country

Mexico

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 665 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A black-clad gunfighter named El Topo rides through a desert landscape. He encounters strange characters and violent confrontations on a journey that mixes religious imagery with ideas about enlightenment.

surrealbizarresymbolicslow-burnphilosophicalviolentdreamlikeunsettlingspiritual

What happens

El Topo (Spanish: [el ˈto.po], "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Judeo-Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophy, the film is about El Topo—a violent, black-clad gunfighter played by Jodorowsky—and his quest for enlightenment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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