Plot
El Topo decides to confront warrior masters on a transformative desert journey he begins with his six-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 gun-slinger in black, riding a horse through a mystical landscape strewn with American Western 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
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Directed by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Crew
Production Countries
Mexico
Production Companies
Producciones Panicas
Languages
Español
Awards
4 wins & 3 nominations
Scores
# of Votes
32,275
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
65
Popularity
NA