The Dance of Reality

“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. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

Brontis Jodorowsky

(Jaime)

Pamela Flores

(Sara)

Jeremias Herskovits

(Child Alejandro)

Alejandro Jodorowsky

(Old Alejandro)

Bastián Bodenhöfer

(Carlos Ibañez)

Andrés Cox

(Don Aquiles)

Adan Jodorowsky

(Anarchist)

Axel Jodorowsky

(Teósofo)

Alizarine Ducolomb

(Hunchback Woman)

Sergio Vargas

(Carpenter)

Patricio Brambilla

(Propagandist)

Juan Quezada

(Evangelic Pastor)

Adrián Salgado

(Clown Lechuga / Guatón González)

Ítalo Tai

(Clown Piripipi)

Eugenio Morales

(Clown Zanahoria)

Carlos Cantero

(Mayor)

Luz Jiménez

(Reina de Copas)

Charles Bustos

(El Moscardón)

Hugo Marín

(Ice Cream Seller)

Nelson González

(Dentist)

Rorigo Orellana

(Lt. Cuevas)

Helen 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

(Conspiradores Transformistas)

Ricardo Zepeda

(Capitán Pedraza)

Tomás Álvarez

(Carlitos y Luchito)

Dilan Avendaño

(Niño Jefe)

Marcelo Alonso

(Nazi Officer)

Sebastián Layseca

(Nazi spokesman)

Alejandro Sieveking

(Priest)

Gastón Pauls

(Liberator 1)

Sissi Fuentealba

(Tortured Woman)

Gastón Salgado

(Tortured Man)

Nicolás Saavedra

(Police Officer)

Pedro Fontaine

(Bar Musician)

Matias Infante

(Bar Musician)

Claudia Castillo

(Whore Street Dancer)

Patricia Godoy

(Whore Street Dancer)

Rodrigo Orellana

(Lieutenant Cuevas)

Ian Bodenhöfer

(Liberators Group Member)

Felipe Pizarro Sáenz De Urtury

(Liberators Group Member)

Ángela Acuña

(Nun Quartet)

Eyal Meyer

(Sara's Father)