The Holy Mountain

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Rating: R

Release Year: 1973

Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Juan Ferrara, Zamira Saunders

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a Christ-like character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment. La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 Mexican surreal fantasy film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.