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El Topo

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El Topo
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NR,1hr 35min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
December 18, 1970
Director:
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Distributor:
Tartan Films
Starring:
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau  ...more
Synopsis: This violent and allegorical Mexican western attracted a cult following in its day. It is the story of El Topo, a gunslinger who sets out for revenge against the outlaws who slew his wife. He ends up getting his revenge and saving the life of a woman who is being terrorized by bandits. She leads El Topo (which means "the Mole" in English) on a search for the region's top four gunfighters. But before they set off, Topo leaves his young son in a monastery. He and the woman hook up with another female ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Virtually out of circulation from the mid-1970s into the 1990s, performance artist/provocateur Alejandro Jodorowsky's second film El Topo claims a place in film history as the first "midnight movie." Determined to bypass traditional distribution after his experience with his first film Fando and Lis (1968), Jodorowsky sought another route for his surreal western. Described by critics as Sergio Leone ... Full Review
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
El Topo
Brontis Jodorowsky
Son Of El Topo (as a boy)
Alfonso Arau
Bandit 1
Jose Luis Fernandez
Bandit 2
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