El Topo (1970)
El topo (original title)

Cast

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

Storyline

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) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, 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. Written by David Stevens  

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