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| Alejandro Jodorowsky | ... | The Alchemist (as Alexandro Jodorowsky) | |
| Horacio Salinas | ... | The Thief | |
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Zamira Saunders | ... | The Written Woman (as Ramona Saunders) |
| Juan Ferrara | ... | Fon | |
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Adriana Page | ... | Isla |
| Burt Kleiner | ... | Klen | |
| Valerie Jodorowsky | ... | Sel | |
| Nicky Nichols | ... | Berg | |
| Richard Rutowski | ... | Axon (as Richard Rutowsky) | |
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Luis Lomelí | ... | Lut |
| Ana De Sade | ... | The Prostitute | |
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Chucho-Chucho | ... | The Chimpanzee |
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Letícia Robles | ... | Bald Woman 1 (as Leticia Robles) |
| Connie De La Mora | ... | Bald Woman 2 | |
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David Kapralik | ... | Tourist |
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 people, each representing a planet in the Solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.
Alejandro Jodorowsky's sprawling, psychedelic opus almost defies interpretation in any conventional sense. Steeped in symbolism and spirituality it is a piece of art that attempts to redefine the psyche and the human condition through a celebration of the surreal, the grotesque and the beautiful. Its inner meaning is deliberately vague, allowing personal interpretation to take the place of empty preaching and contrived moral messaging. Simply breathtaking.