The Holy Mountain
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
A mighty alchemist takes a thief to his tower. He introduces him to seven powerful people of this world, each associated with a planet. They all embark on a quest for the secret of immortality, carefully kept by the nine sages of the Sacred Mountain.
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.
