El Topo ( The Mole (The Gopher) )

El Topo (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Mole (The Gopher)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By:
Alejandro Jodorowsky

Actors:
Alejandro Jodorowsky ..... El Topo
Brontis Jodorowsky ..... Son of El Topo, as a boy
José Legarreta ..... Dying Man
Alfonso Arau ..... Bandit #1
José Luis Fernández ..... Bandit #2
Alf Junco ..... Bandit #3
Gerardo Zepeda ..... Bandit #4 (as Gerardo Cepeda)
René Barrera ..... Bandit #5
René Alís ..... Bandit #6
Federico Gonzáles ..... Bandit #7
Pablo Leder ..... Monk #1
Giuliano Girini Sasseroli ..... Monk #2
Cristian Merkel ..... Monk #3
Aldo Grumelli ..... Monk 4#

Synopsis:

This violent and allegorical Mexican western attracted a cult following in its day. It is the story of El Topo, a gunslinger who sets out for revenge against the outlaws who slew his wife. He ends up getting his revenge and saving the life of a woman who is being terrorized by bandits. She leads El Topo (which means 'the Mole' in English) on a search for the region's top four gunfighters. But before they set off, Topo leaves his young son in a monastery. He and the woman hook up with another female and begin their search. During one battle, El Topo is wounded and the women leave him to die. His comatose body is found by a strange group of cave dwelling people who take him to their subterranean home. He does not wake up for many years. When he does, he is enlisted to help the clan dig an escape tunnel. Later they come to a tiny town where the residents belong to a weird religious cult and El Topo's son has become a monk. The townsfolk are terrorized by a sadistic sheriff. When the clan members come into the town, the stage is set for a blood-soaked tragedy.

The gunfighter El Topo ('The Mole') and his young son ride through a desert to a village, whose inhabitants have been massacred. Bandits are nearby, torturing and killing the survivors. El Topo rescues a woman (Mara), who leads him on a mission to find and defeat the four master gunmen of the desert. Leaving his son with a group of monks, El Topo and Mara complete the mission, accompanied by a mysterious woman in black. The women leave El Topo wounded in the desert, where he is found by a clan of deformed people who take him to the remote cavern where they live. Awakening years later, he goes with a dwarf woman to a nearby town, promising to dig a tunnel through which the cave-dwellers can escape. They find the town run by a vicious sheriff and home to a bizarre religious cult. El Topo's son, now a man, is a monk in the town. The completion of the tunnel leads El Topo, the townspeople, and the cave-dwellers to a bloody and tragic end.

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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