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CERN CineClub - The Holy Mountain
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503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)
Description
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky (Mexico/USA, 1973)
With: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders
Original version english/spanish/dutch; 114 minutes
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.
With: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders
Original version english/spanish/dutch; 114 minutes
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.