MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 1,793 this week

Fando and Lis (1968)
"Fando y Lis" (original title)

6.9
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.9/10 from 2,474 users  
Reviews: 29 user | 40 critic

Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.

Writers:

(play), (adaptation), 1 more credit »
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 189 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 2916 titles created 16 May 2011
 
a list of 121 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 306 titles created 8 months ago
 
a list of 37 titles created 7 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Fando and Lis (1968)

Fando and Lis (1968) on IMDb 6.9/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Fando and Lis.
Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful ... See full summary »

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders
El topo (1970)
Western
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

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) ... See full summary »

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, José Legarreta
Big Fish (2003)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life.

Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup
Animation | Adventure | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Billy Crudup, Yuriko Ishida, Yôji Matsuda
Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.

Director: Terry Gilliam
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Ghostbusters (1984)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Director: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones
Excalibur (1981)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

A spirited accounting of one of the most obscure periods of the world's history.

Director: John Boorman
Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay
The Fall (2006)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality blurs as the tale advances.

Director: Tarsem Singh
Stars: Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sergio Kleiner ...
Fando (as Sergio Klainer)
Diana Mariscal ...
Lis
María Teresa Rivas ...
Fando's Mother
Tamara Garina ...
Pope
Juan José Arreola ...
Well-Dressed Man with Book (as Juan Jose Arreola)
Rene Rebetez
Amparo Villegas
Miguel Álvarez Acosta ...
(as Lic. Miguel Alvarez Acosta)
Raul Romero
Julio Castillo
Adrián Ramos
Henry West
Luis Urias
Valerie Jodorowsky ...
Junkyard Temptress / Woman with Leg Brace (as Valerie-Jean)
Graciela R. de Mariscal ...
Entertained Woman
Edit

Storyline

Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.

Add Full Plot | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

See this film before it sees you.

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

8 June 1972 (Mexico)  »

Also Known As:

Fando and Lis  »

Filming Locations:


Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)
 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the film premiered at the 1968 Acapulco Film Festival, the first screening erupted into a riot. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky had to leave the theatre by sneaking outside to a waiting limousine. When the crowd outside the theatre recognized him, the car was pelted with rocks. The following week, the film opened to sell-out crowds in Mexico City, but fights broke out in the audiences and the film was banned by the Mexican government. Jodorowsky himself was nearly deported and the scandal provided a lot of fodder for the Mexican newspapers. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: Once upon a time... a long, long time ago... there was a mystical city, Tar. And at that time all the cities were intact and flourishing, because the final war had not yet begun. When the great catastrophe occurred, all the cities crumbled... except Tar. Tar still exists. If you know where to look for it, you will find it. And when you get there you will be presented with wine and water and play with a gramophone. When you get there, you will help harvest grapes and you will pick ...
See more »

Connections

Featured in La constellation Jodorowsky (1994) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
A duo's surreal and mystical search for enlightenment
7 January 2000 | by (England) – See all my reviews

Shot using only a one page script and Jodorowsky's memory of the stageplay, Fando & Lis is a tale of the two people in the title, a man, Fando, and his disabled female partner, Lis, who can't walk but does stand up on one occasion. They set off together to search for the mystical city of Tar, with Lis most of time being on a four-wheel cart along with a gramophone and a drum, and Fando pushing her. He also carries her as well. This reminded me of the man and woman in Jean Luc Godard's Week-End from the same year. On their escapade they encounter some strange characters like the mud people and a man playing a burning piano. There is all the usual Jodorowsky elements with surreal and obscure symbolism and for ninety-six minutes all rational thought is disbanded. It is in Jodorowsky's words, "a pure piece of art without any concession". It is provoking and leads to a savage conclusion, but it is not as accomplished as Jodorowsky's later work.


7 of 10 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Why did this film cause so many riots? GMan1812
and i'll sing in a low voice 'How beautiful is a Funeral' Ageispolis
Fantoma vs Anchor Bay happyreflex
Snakes? PsychoticWaltz
spider lady artwork MolokoPlus655
Subtitles? godfatherjones
Discuss Fando and Lis (1968) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?