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The Holy Mountain( 1973)

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Overview

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Alejandro Jodorowsky

      The Alchemist

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      Horacio Salinas

      The Thief

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      Zamira Saunders

      The Written Woman

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      Juan Ferrara

      Fon

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      Adriana Page

      Isla

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      Burt Kleiner

      Klen

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      Valerie Jodorowsky

      Sel

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      Nicky Nichols

      Berg

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      Richard Rutowski

      Axon

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      Luis Lomelí

      Lut

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      Ana De Sade

      The Prostitute

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      Jacqueline Voltaire

      Tourist Wife

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      Chucho-Chucho

      The Chimpanzee

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      Letícia Robles

      Bald Woman 1

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      Connie De La Mora

      Bald Woman 2

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      David Kapralik

      Tourist

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      Pablo Leder

      Circus Barker

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      Bobby Cameron

      Fon's Working Girl

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      Re Debris

      Klen's Lover

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      Lupita Peruyero

      Berg's Wife

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      José Antonio Alcaraz

      Pantheon's Bar Owner

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      Héctor Ortega

      Drug Master

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      Robert Taicher

      Poet

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      Arielle Dombasle

      (uncredited)

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      Manuel Dondé

      Wanderer (uncredited)

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      Marcela López Rey

      Prostitute (uncredited)

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      David Silva

      Fon's Father (uncredited)

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      Jane Mitchell

      Stripteaser (uncredited)

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      Bobby Cameron

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Sigeki Ogino

    10
    Written by Sigeki Ogino on Sun Oct 02 2022
    This video work is visualized, "psychotherapy". It is truly in the realm of the divine. The numerous famous scenes, eccentric, unusually colorful, erotic, gross-out, and fully materialized by the alchemy of Mr. Alexandre Jodorowsky, can sufficiently heal patients with "mental disorders" as "psychotherapy" even if there is no dialogue in them. And the film is an ensemble of images of the perverts of the earth, including sexuality, grotesqueness, sanctity, love (or abuse) of the disabled, and contempt for animals, all in one film. This is not only Alejandro Jodorowsky's masterpiece, but (at leas...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    750000.00

    Revenue

    96262.00

    Keywords

    • mexico
    • paraplegic
    • christianity
    • religion and supernatural
    • symbolism
    • surreal
    • satire
    • surrealism
    • thief
    • enlightenment
    • avant-garde
    • crucifix
    • blasphemy
    • alchemy
    • psychedelic
    • alchemist