In a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and a loving but weak mother tries to pave his own path in a society that does not understand their Jewish-Ukrainian origins. After a 23 year absence from cinema, Jodorowsky returned with what many consider his greatest work.

The Dance of Reality screens as part of Adelaide Cinémathèque and the program: Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky’s radical vision forever altered the landscape of independent cinema, weaponizing pure surrealism to challenge societal conventions and expand the boundaries of the mind. Experience these restored masterpieces on the big screen as they were meant to be seen: as confrontational, deeply spiritual, and beautifully unhinged acts of cinematic alchemy.