Released Date:
1971-04-15
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico
Runtime:
125 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (16467 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro JodorowskyGenres:
WesternAlejandro Jodorowsky
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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