Synopsis
El Topo decides to confront warrior masters on a transformative desert journey he begins with his six-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 gun-slinger in black, riding a horse through a mystical landscape strewn with American Western 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.
Film Credits
Cinematography by Rafael Corkidi, with production design by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Screenplay
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cinematography
Rafael Corkidi
Production Design
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Costume Design
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Music
Nacho Méndez, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
Rating
Not Rated
Runtime
125 min
Box Office
$80,302
Awards
4 wins & 3 nominations
IMDb
7.2/10 · 32K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
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