The Dance of Reality ( La danza de la realidad )

The Dance of Reality (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La danza de la realidad
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
127 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Chile ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Alejandro Jodorowsky

Written By:
Alejandro Jodorowsky

Actors:
Brontis Jodorowsky ..... Jaime / Father
Pamela Flores ..... Sara / Mother
Jeremias Herskovits ..... Alejandro / child
Alejandro Jodorowsky ..... Himself
Bastián Bodenhöfer ..... General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Andres Cox ..... Don Aquiles
Adan Jodorowsky ..... Anarchist
Axel Jodorowsky ..... Theosophist
Alisarine Ducolomb ..... Jorobada
Sergio Vargas ..... Carpintero
Patricio Bambrilla ..... Propagandista
Juan Quezada ..... Pastor Evangélico
Adrián Salgado ..... Payaso Lechuga / Guatón González
Eugenio Morales ..... Payaso Zanahoria
Italo Tai ..... Payaso Piripipi / Dueño del Bar
Carlos Cantero ..... Alcalde
Luz Jiménez ..... Reina de Copas
Charles Bustos ..... El Moscardón
Hugo Marín ..... Heladero
Nelson González ..... Dentista
Rodrigo Orellana ..... Teniente Cuevas
Hellen Tabilo ..... Rosita
Demetrio Spataris ..... Profesor Toro
Verónica Power ..... La Toña
Nicolás de Terán ..... Flaco Jara
Sergio Monge ..... Tuerto Valdivia
Victor Toledo ..... Compañero Fierro
Brittany Star ..... Conspiradora transformista
Veronica Bracho ..... Conspiradora transformista
Casandra Wailler ..... Conspiradora transformista
Kiara Miller ..... Conspiradora transformista
Sasha Stewart ..... Conspiradora transformista
Yamilette Duval ..... Conspiradora transformista
Ricardo Zepeda ..... Capitán Pedraza
Tomas Alvarez ..... Carlitos y Luchito
Dilan Avendaño ..... Niño Jefe
Luis Izquierdo ..... Bomberos burlones
Patricio Jara ..... Bomberos burlones
Dagoberto Nuco ..... Bomberos burlones
Eduardo Perez ..... Empleado Municipal
Nelson Rojas ..... Minero Jefe
Alejandro Sieveking ..... Cura
Cristobal Valderrama ..... Cura Tarantula
Marcelo Alonso ..... Jefe Nazi
Sebastián Layseca ..... Vocero Nazi
Andrés Skoknic ..... Jefe Torturador
Gastón Pauls ..... Libertador 1
Francisco Pizarro Saenz de Urtury ..... Libertador 2
Nicole Schonffeldt ..... Cabaret dancer
Eric Kleinsteuber ..... Nazi

Synopsis:

Young Alejandro lives with his Jewish-Ukrainian parents Jaime and Sara in Tocopilla, Chile. Jaime is a communist who worships Stalin and raises his son with great severity. Sara sings rather than talks throughout the film, and believes Alejandro to be the reincarnation of her father because of his long blonde hair. Irritated by his wife's delusional views of their son and angered by Alejandro's behavior, which he views as cowardly and effeminate, Jaime cuts off Alejandro's hair, demands he repudiate the existence of God, and puts him through tests of self-control and bravery which include withstanding being tickled, slapped, and finally undergoing a dental operation without anesthetic. Satisfied with his son's bravery, Jaime acknowledges that he respects Alejandro and arranges for him to be made the mascot of the Tocopilla fire brigade. Alejandro accompanies the fire brigade to the scene of a fire where one of the firemen becomes trapped in the house and burns to death. During the subsequent funeral procession, Alejandro imagines himself lying in the casket with the firemen's corpse, and collapses from fright. Jaime takes him home, but burns the mascot's uniform in front of Alejandro when he wakes up, again calling his son a coward and claiming he is ashamed of him. In an attempt to prove his own bravery to the other firefighters, who he fears look down on him because of his son's cowardice and his Jewish heritage, Jaime attempts to distribute water to plague victims quarantined outside the town, but they kill and eat his donkeys and he himself is infected. He walks back to his shop, visibly infected, and a stand-off with the army ensues. As Jaime goes into convulsions and the army threaten to burn the shop to contain the infection, Sara prays for Jaime's recovery and urinates on him, curing him. Energized by his miraculous recovery, Jaime plans to assassinate the right-wing president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. He agrees to work with another communist to assassinate Ibáñez at a dog show, but the gun fails and Jaime passes himself off as a hero when he jumps between Ibáñez and the gunman. To get close to Ibáñez, Jaime asks for a job as groom to the president's beloved horse Bucephalus as payment for his heroism. Jaime then poisons Bucephalus as part of his plot to kill Ibáñez, but when Jaime has Ibáñez at gunpoint, his hands become paralyzed. The story returns to Alejandro and Sara, and Sara begins teaching Alejandro how not to be afraid of darkness and how to make sure people don't notice him. She tells him that she knows in her heart that Jaime is alive and loves both of them. They tie a stone to a balloon and release it in the belief it will find its way to him. The rock is then shown falling on the roof of a shack which Jaime is living in. Jaime awakes to discover that he has lost his memory, that he is living with a diminutive peasant woman, and that his arms have been painted the colors of the Chilean flag. Jaime begins a long journey home, but is captured by Nazis and tortured. Rebels free Jaime and return him to his family in Tocopilla. Jaime's hands are healed when Sara tells him 'You found in Ibáñez all you admired in Stalin. You are the same as they are. You have lived in the guise of a tyrant.' Alejandro, Jaime, and Sara board a ship and leave Tocopilla.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 24 September, 2019.

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