Fando and Lis
This end-of-year cycle invites audiences to discover select 35mm prints from in our collection, creating dynamic contrasts in eras, styles, and cultures from one film to the next.
Two young people set off in search of the mysterious city of Tar, where all their wishes would be granted. An adaptation of Fernando Arrabal's surrealist play of the same name.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Born in 1929 in Chile, Alejandro Jodorowsky moved to France in 1953, where he worked in theater and began making short films. In 1962, he co-founded the "Panic Movement" with Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor, an art movement rooted in surrealism. Shifting his focus entirely to film, he directed the fantasy Fando y Lis (1968) and the psychedelic western El Topo (1970). Encouraged by John Lennon, he created The Holy Mountain (1973), a visually groundbreaking work. He then embarked on an ambitious adaptation of Dune, though the project was never completed. Jodorowsky gained renewed critical acclaim with Santa Sangre (1989) and, after a long break from cinema, returned with autobiographical projects such as The Dance of Reality (2013) and Endless Poetry (2016). With a career spanning over 60 years, Jodorowsky remains a visionary and boundary-pushing artist.
