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The Holy Mountain is a mexicain film of genre Drama directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky released in USA on 29 november 1973 with Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain (1973)
La montaña sagrada
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 november 1973
Length 1h54
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
OriginMexique
Themes Films about films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating76%
La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 Mexican-American surreal fantasy film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as an actor, composer, set designer and costume designer on the film. The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and Records, after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison (Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money). It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973, including Cannes, and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco.
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A man (later identified as a thief) representing The Fool, a tarot card typically depicting a young man stepping off a cliff, lies on the ground with flies covering his face like excrement. He is befriended by a footless, handless dwarf (representing the Five of Swords: defeat) and goes into a city to make money from tourists. The thief's resemblance to Jesus Christ inspires some to use his likeness for the crucifixes that they sell by casting an impression of his face and body. After a dispute with a priest who rejects the thief's likeness of himself, the thief eats off the face of his wax statue and sends it skyward with balloons, symbolically eating the body of Christ and offering "himself" up to Heaven. Soon after, he notices a crowd gathered around a tall tower, where a large hook with a bag of gold has been sent down in exchange for food. The thief, wishing to find the source of the gold, ascends the tower, finding the alchemist (played by Jodorowsky) and his silent female assistant.Actors
Alejandro Jodorowsky
(The Alchemist)
Juan Ferrara
(Fon)
David Silva
(Fon's Father (uncredited))
Jacqueline Voltaire
(Tourist Wife)
Héctor Ortega
(Drug Master)
Arielle Dombasle
((uncredited))
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