The Dance of Reality (2013)

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

What to watch after The Dance of Reality

• El Topo (1970) — Alejandro Jodorowsky directed both
• Santa Sangre (1989) — Same subject: surrealism
• The Holy Mountain (1973) — Same subject: surrealism
• Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) — Alejandro Jodorowsky and Brontis Jodorowsky appear in both
• The Things of Life (1970)
• The Blood of a Poet (1932) — Same feel: philosophical, complex