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La montagne sacrée

Original title: La montaña sagrada
  • 1973
  • 16
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
47K
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La montagne sacrée (1973)
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In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.

  • Director
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Writer
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Stars
    • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Horacio Salinas
    • Zamira Saunders
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    47K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,111
    29
    • Director
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Writer
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Stars
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
      • Horacio Salinas
      • Zamira Saunders
    • 192User reviews
    • 85Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Horacio Salinas in La montagne sacrée (1973)
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    Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, and Zamira Saunders in La montagne sacrée (1973)
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    Alejandro Jodorowsky
    Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • The Alchemist
    • (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
    Horacio Salinas
    Horacio Salinas
    • The Thief
    Zamira Saunders
    • The Written Woman
    • (as Ramona Saunders)
    Juan Ferrara
    Juan Ferrara
    • Fon
    Adriana Page
    • Isla
    Burt Kleiner
    Burt Kleiner
    • Klen
    Valerie Jodorowsky
    Valerie Jodorowsky
    • Sel
    Nicky Nichols
    Nicky Nichols
    • Berg
    Richard Rutowski
    Richard Rutowski
    • Axon
    • (as Richard Rutowsky)
    Luis Lomelí
    • Lut
    Ana De Sade
    Ana De Sade
    • The Prostitute
    Chucho-Chucho
    • The Chimpanzee
    Letícia Robles
    • Bald Woman 1
    • (as Leticia Robles)
    Connie De La Mora
    Connie De La Mora
    • Bald Woman 2
    David Kapralik
    • Tourist
    Jacqueline Voltaire
    Jacqueline Voltaire
    • Tourist Wife
    Pablo Leder
    • Circus Barker
    Bobby Cameron
    • Fon's Working Girl
    • Director
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
    • Writer
      • Alejandro Jodorowsky
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    • Trivia
      Before filming began, director Alejandro Jodorowsky spent a week without sleep under a Zen Master's direction and lived communally with the film's cast for a month.
    • Goofs
      In the gold making scene, the Written Woman is appears to be playing the cello. She is not, she is just sawing the bow to and fro while going up and down with the fingering hand.
    • Quotes

      The Alchemist: [final lines] We began in a fairytale and we came to life, but is this life reality? No. It is a film. Zoom back camera.

      [camera zooms out, revealing equipment and crew]

      The Alchemist: We are images, dreams, photographs. We must not stay here. Prisoners! We shall break the illusion. This is Maya! Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us.

    • Connections
      Featured in Come and Judge (1975)

    User reviews192

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    Lush, Hallucinatory, Visionary.
    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.
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    • Panar1on
    • Dec 18, 2000

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 11, 1975 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official site
      • ABKCO Films
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Holy Mountain
    • Filming locations
      • Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • ABKCO Films
      • Producciones Zohar
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $61,001
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,143
      • Jan 21, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $104,160
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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