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The Dance of Reality
CHILE · 2013

The Dance of Reality

Alejandro Jodorowsky
autobiographical journey self-discovery childhood trauma existential search for meaning Chilean desert setting
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Synopsis

'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 child

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