The Holy Mountain Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 2232

Average Rating: 2.9/4

# of Ratings: 39

Theatrical Release Date: 11/29/1973

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horácio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page, Burt Kleiner

Plot: A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal. -- Armando

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Rating of
2.5/4

Moviehead - wrote on 04/03/2012

I cant really say this movie is okay, because it isnt just okay. It is somewhere between just so-so movie and good movie. I decided to make compromise and give it 2.5 stars but name for this grade isnt grade for this film, it cant be explained as just okay movie.

Rating of
3/4

Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/19/2008

Another stunner from Jodorowsky. Just as weird as El Topo, but slightly more accessible. Anyway, the best description I have of this is bizarre. Bizarre yet enthralling - kind of like a car crash.

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Matthew Brady
Matthew Brady
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Rating of
4/4

"Real life awaits us".

Matthew Brady - wrote on 10/25/2015

The Alchemist: "We began in a fairytale and we came to life, but is this life reality? No. It is a film. We are images, dreams, photographs. We must not stay here. Prisoners! We shall break the illusion. This is magic! Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us".

The story is about a Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist, the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain, in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.

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