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El Topo (1970)
33K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie, and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits slaughtered a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the massacred, then forcibly takes their leader's woman Mara as his. El Topo's surreal way is bloody, sexual and self-reflective, musing of his own demons, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.
Style:
experimental, surreal, disturbing, sexy, psychedelic, cult classic, controversial, art house, stylized, philosophical ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, murder, boy, revenge, rape, religion, church, violence, russian roulette, lion, father son relationship, dark hero, monk, nihilism, rabbit, real life father and son playing father and son, racism, massacre, enlightenment, castration, blood, political satire, social satire, trippy ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
south america, latin america, mexico, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, cult classic, stylized and atmospheric films with plots about death, violence, blood, murder, nude, brutality and nudity mostly in Drama, Western and Fantasy genres. Some movies like El Topo: The Holy Mountain (1973), Santa Sangre (1989), Dead Man (1995), Enter the Void (2009), Endless Poetry (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 114 min.
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Time:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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