
Prospero's Books(1991)
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.


'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.

Brontis Jodorowsky
Jaime

Pamela Flores
Sara
Jeremias Herskovits
Child Alejandro

Alejandro Jodorowsky
Old Alejandro

Bastián Bodenhöfer
Carlos Ibañez
Andrés Cox
Don Aquiles

Adan Jodorowsky
Anarchist

Axel Jodorowsky
Teósofo
Alizarine Ducolomb
Hunchback Woman
Sergio Vargas
Carpenter
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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