The Dance of Reality (2013)

Original title

La danza de la realidad

Directed by

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Genre

drama film, biographical film, musical film

Country

Chile, France

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 208 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Alejandro Jodorowsky tells a semi-autobiographical story about a young boy growing up in a small Chilean town. The film blends memory and fantasy as it explores his relationships with his parents and his own identity.

surrealwhimsicalcerebralvisually lushatmosphericcontemplativeunpredictableemotional

What happens

The Dance of Reality (Spanish: La danza de la realidad) is a 2013 Chilean-French semi-autobiographical musical fantasy drama film written, produced, and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, and Jeremias Herskovits. It is Alejandro Jodorowsky's first film in 23 years. The film screened at Directors' Fortnight during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on an earlier work by Jodorowsky first published in Spanish under the title La danza de la realidad: Psicomagia y psicochamanismo (2001). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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