Adán Jodorowsky in Endless Poetry (2016)

Endless Poetry

Original title: Poesía sin fin
Movie2016• Unrated• 2h 8m
BiographyDramaFantasy
⭐ 7.5 / 10(7,012)

Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.

Rated
Unrated
Runtime
2h 8m
Released
2016
Country
United Kingdom, France, Mexico

Details

Release year: 2016

Storyline

Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile, befriending other artists, and freeing himself from the limits of his youth.

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Did you know

• This is the second of the five memoirs Alejandro Jodorowsky plans to shoot, the first one being The Dance of Reality (2013).

• Veteran Chilean actress Peggy Cordero died during the making of this film.

• Alejandro Jodorowsky was 87 when Endless Poetry was released. His sons play both himself as a young man and his father. His son Adân Jodorowsky (age 37 at the time of the film) plays the central character of Alejandro as a young man. His son Brontis Jodorowsky (age 54) plays his father, Jaime. Adân also composed the film's music.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $153,440

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $28,591 (2017-07-16)

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

Lovers of Jodorowsky rejoice! Beware everyone else

👍 37 · 8/19/2016
⭐ 7/10

I can tell that the movie has lot of heart

👍 13 · 8/1/2017
⭐ 8/10

Alejandro Jodorowsky's fantastical portrayal of his own past continues...

👍 12 · 3/20/2017

Technical specs

Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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