El Topo
1970MexicoLanguage: esDirected by Alejandro Jodorowsky★ 7.1
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
surrealbrutalhauntingabsurdistdark comedybleak
Pacing
episodicdreamlikeslow build to explosion
Story
journeypursuitsurvivalunraveling
Emotion
figuring out who you areloss of innocenceredemptionguiltlonging
Themes
religion and faithmen and women navigating expectationscolonial historycaught between worlds
Feel
discussion startercerebralquietly hauntingexhaustingrewatchable
Violence
graphic