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15 April 1971 (Mexico) moreTagline:
See the naked young Franciscans whipped with cactus. See the bandit leader disemboweled. See the priest ride into the sunset with a midget and her newborn baby. What it all means isn't exactly clear, but you won't forget it. morePlot:
The gunfighter El Topo ("The Mole") and his young son ride through a desert to a village, whose inhabitants have been massacred... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreNewsDesk:
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Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky Returning With 'King Shot' (From FirstShowing.net. 22 May 2009, 1:15 PM, PDT)
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Not for the weak of heart moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alejandro Jodorowsky | ... | El Topo | |
| Brontis Jodorowsky | ... | Son of El Topo, as a boy | |
| José Legarreta | ... | Dying Man | |
| Alfonso Arau | ... | Bandit #1 | |
| José Luis Fernández | ... | Bandit #2 | |
| Alf Junco | ... | Bandit #3 (as Alí Junco) | |
| Gerardo Zepeda | ... | Bandit #4 (as Gerardo Cepeda) | |
| René Barrera | ... | Bandit #5 | |
| René Alís | ... | Bandit #6 | |
| Federico Gonzáles | ... | Bandit #7 | |
| Vicente Lara | ... | Bandit #8 | |
| Pablo Leder | ... | Monk #1 | |
| Giuliano Girini Sasseroli | ... | Monk #2 | |
| Cristian Merkel | ... | Monk #3 | |
| Aldo Grumelli | ... | Monk #4 |
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125 minCountry:
MexicoLanguage:
SpanishColor:
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Mono (Klangfilm)Certification:
Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Australia:MA (2007 re-rating) | South Korea:18 | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM18 (1974) | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Netherlands:18 | UK:18 | Hong Kong:III | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFun Stuff
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[first lines]El Topo: [to his son] You are seven years old. You are a man. Bury your first toy and your mother's picture.
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"El Topo" was one of the first midnight-movie cult hits because of its visually stunning, mentally exciting indulgence in gratuitous sex and exaggerated violence
Avenging angel El Topomeant to be wise and mysticalrides into a town whose population has just been massacred He guns down some of the cruel and perverse bandits responsible and brutally punishes their leader He leaves his seven-year-old son with some monks and goes away with the gang leader's woman, Mara
In the desert sands, El Topo and Mara make love, and she quickly falls in love with him After their frantic love-making, she tells him that he can prove that he's the 'best' by killing the Four Masters
For no apparent reason other than to please Mara, El Topo begins his mission, defeating and killing each of the Four Masters
The film has been quite controversial It lacks clarity and has painful emotions that make it quite compelling