La Danza de la Realidad

Sep 4 2013 Unrated 2h 13m
Biography, Drama, Fantasy

“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. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

Plot

In a nostalgic childhood memoir, the octogenarian director, Alejandro Jodorowsky, returns to the coastal Tocopilla, his hometown in the Chilean desert. Through illusion, dream-like sequences, mysticism, and New Age metaphors, Jodorowsky portrays vividly his loving mother and his authoritarian father who wanted to make a man out of him, recounting the days of innocence against the backdrop of an eccentric and intricate dance of reality.

Written by

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Directed by

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Cast

Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits

Crew

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Production Countries

Chile, France

Production Companies

Le Soleil Films, Caméra One

Languages

Español

Awards

5 wins & 9 nominations

Trailers
The Dance of Reality (Official Trailer) | ABKCO Films
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