Alejandro Jodorowsky

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

Dir. Frank Pavich · With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, Chris Foss

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders

A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Adan Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores

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.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits

Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky · With Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas