

The Dance of Reality
2013-06-19 · 130 min · ★ 7.2
'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. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.
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- Directors
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Production companies
- Le Soleil Films, Camera One
- Countries
- Chile, France
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 558,636
Top Cast
Brontis JodorowskyJaime
Pamela FloresSara
Alejandro JodorowskyOld Alejandro
Bastián BodenhöferCarlos Ibañez
Adan JodorowskyAnarchist
Axel JodorowskyTeósofo
Juan QuezadaEvangelic Pastor
Adrián SalgadoClown Lechuga / Guatón González
Luz JiménezReina de CopasTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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