El Topo

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters. 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.

Keywords

  • Dream or Reality ?
  • Escape to the 70's
  • Guns & Saloons
  • South America Cinema

Actors

  • Mara Lorenzio
  • Brontis Jodorowsky
  • José Legarreta
  • Héctor Martinez
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • David Silva
  • Juan José Gurrola

Director

  • Alejandro Jodorowsky

Timeless


2h 5min


-12

ES


FR

Mexico
1970
A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.


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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