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The Dance of Reality

The Dance of Reality

20137.22h 10mNR

Overview

'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.

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Produced by Moisés Cosío, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0MRevenue: $559K

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Top Cast

Brontis Jodorowsky

Brontis Jodorowsky

Jaime

Pamela Flores

Pamela Flores

Sara

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Jeremias Herskovits

Child Alejandro

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Old Alejandro

Bastián Bodenhöfer

Bastián Bodenhöfer

Carlos Ibañez

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Andrés Cox

Don Aquiles

Adan Jodorowsky

Adan Jodorowsky

Anarchist

Axel Jodorowsky

Axel Jodorowsky

Teósofo

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Alizarine Ducolomb

Hunchback Woman

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Sergio Vargas

Carpenter

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surrealismbiographyart house

About The Dance of Reality

The Dance of Reality is a drama, fantasy film released in 2013 exploring themes of surrealism, biography, art house. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, it stars Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits. '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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