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Fando and Lis

1972 · 97 min

A hypnotic, unsettling descent into surreal imagery and raw emotion that demands surrender to its dream logic.

Overview
Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • survival
  • madness
  • faith
  • identity
Places
  • wilderness
Era
far-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour3
Realism2
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, adventure, fantasy
Directed by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Written by
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal
Starring
Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal, María Teresa Rivas, Tamara Garina, Juan José Arreola, Rene Rebetez, Amparo Villegas, Miguel Álvarez Acosta
Cinematography
Antonio Reynoso, Rafael Corkidi
Runtime
97 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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