Jodorowsky’s first film blends surreal beauty and savage imagery to fashion a bizarre tale of corrupted innocence and sadomasochistic love.
Country: Mexico
LA SUERTA DE LA FEA… A LA BONITA NO LE IMPORTA
Susy wants to loose weight. A fairy grants her three wishes to become the most beautiful woman in the world.
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
1936, Spain is being torn apart by the civil War. The grim orphanage of Santa Lucia stands alone on a desolate plain, its courtyard disfigured by a vast unexploded bomb. A place of decay and desperation, Santa Lucia is run by crippled headmistress Carmen and the mysterious Professor Casares. Twelve-year old newcomer Carlos is met… Continue reading THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
BUNUEL AND KING SOLOMON’S TABLE
The old film director Luis Bunuel closes his eyes and begins to imagine the film he would liked to have made about his youth in Toledo, together with his friends, the poet Frederico Garcia Lorca and the painter Salvador Dali. In the underworld of Toledo, they go in search of the mythical Table of King… Continue reading BUNUEL AND KING SOLOMON’S TABLE
PERDITA DURANGO
Perdita Durango is a dangerous young woman. Each night she dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Dark, sexy and totally shameless, she loves taking people for a ride and living life to the limit. She hauls behind her a past bathed in blood and weird passions. Romeo… Continue reading PERDITA DURANGO