1 Movie Starring Josè Legarreta

El Topo

El Topo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-04-15

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (16467 Reviews)

Genres:

Western

Fullplot:

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader's woman Mara as his. El Topo's surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.

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