2016

2h 8m

7.5(190 votes)

Fantasy

Drama

Overview

A portrait of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time.

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43 members

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Adan Jodorowsky

Alejandro

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Brontis Jodorowsky

Jaime

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Pamela Flores

Sara / Stella Díaz Varín

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Leandro Taub

Enrique Lihn

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Alejandro Jodorowsky

Old Alejandro

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Jeremias Herskovits

Alejandro as a child

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Julia Avendaño

Little Girl

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Bastián Bodenhöfer

General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

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Carolyn Carlson

Maria Lefevre, tarot reader

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Ali Ahmad Sa'Id Esber

Alejandro / Andrés Racz

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Kaori Ito

Unknown Role

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Carlos Leay

Angel of death

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Hugo Marín

Iris Cafe Old Waiter

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Felipe Pizarro Sáenz De Urtury

Young Hugo Marín

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Felipe Ríos

Nicanor Parra

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Rodrigo Velasquez

Police Officer

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Paula Espinoza

Fanny

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Alejandro Sieveking

Prophetic Drunkard

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Clara María Escobar

Poor Lady

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Jorge Magni

Poets Society President

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Charles Bustos

One-armed man

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Romina Landerer

Acariciada

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Juan Quezada

Clown Zanahoria / Circus Ringmaster

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Félix Venegas

Truck Driver

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Lux Pascal

Nene

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Luz María Yacometti

Enrique Lihn's Mother

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Agustín Moya

Enrique Lihn's Father

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Rodrigo Orellana

Assassinated Worker

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Miguel Ángel Pérez

Assassin Worker

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Andrés Cid

Drunk Man at Cafe Iris

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Adrián Salgado

Clown Lechuga / Balloon Seller

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Patricio Scaccchi

Police Clown 1

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Alfredo Tello

Loro Mudo Goon 2

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Carlos Morales

Loro Mudo Goon 4

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Alex Rivera

Exhibitionist

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Andrés Cox

Don Aquiles

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Raúl López

Cafe Iris Second Waiter

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Andrea Zuckermann

Delegate

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Marcelo del Campo

Poet

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Carlos Latorre

Poet

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Maria Gallegillos

Prostitute

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Sergio Monge

Drunkard

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Matías Orrego

Ninja

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