“El Topo is a gloriously wild, over-the-top tale that puts the gory into allegory. It’s a surreal, biblical spaghetti western with a strong shot of Zen.” (Philip French, The Guardian)

Chilean film and theatre director, screenwriter, and actor “venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts” for his work which “is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation.” (Senses of Cinema)

The Holy Mountain is “astonishing, outlandish; unlike anything made before or since...the movie comes riddled, top to tail, with all manner of extraordinary setpieces.” (Xan Brooks, The Guardian)

The Holy Mountain (La montaña sagrada)

Friday, 27 January 2017 at 8.00pmAlejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico/USA 1973 |115 min | Spanish with English subtitles

A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful people, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide’s assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

El Topo

The Holy Mountain

El Topo

The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain

El Topo

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El TopoFriday, 20 January 2017 at 8.00pmAlejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico/USA 1970 |124 min | Spanish with English subtitles

A black-clad gunfighter (Alejandro Jodorowsky) embarks on a symbolic quest in an Old West version of Sodom and Gomorrah. The film takes place in two parts. The first half resembles a Western, albeit a surreal one. The second is a love story of redemption and rebirth.