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The Dance of Reality

The Dance of Reality

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The Dance of Reality

2013

2h 10m

7.2(208 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Overview

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

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Brontis Jodorowsky

Brontis Jodorowsky

Jaime

Pamela Flores

Pamela Flores

Sara

Jeremias Herskovits

Child Alejandro

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Old Alejandro

Bastián Bodenhöfer

Bastián Bodenhöfer

Carlos Ibañez

Andrés Cox

Don Aquiles

Adan Jodorowsky

Adan Jodorowsky

Anarchist

Axel Jodorowsky

Axel Jodorowsky

Teósofo

Alizarine Ducolomb

Hunchback Woman

Sergio Vargas

Carpenter

Creative team

Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Written by: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Produced by: Moisés Cosío
Michel Seydoux

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