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Rated R · 1h 54m
In this searing satirical drama, an alchemist assembles a group of people to represent the planets of the solar system, before putting his recruits through a series of mystical rites so they can ascend the Holy Mountain and displace the gods who live there. Caused a scandal at the 1973 Cannes Festival.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING?
When someone tells you a movie is weird, what do you normally think? Does it have a nonlinear narrative? Are the characters strange? Is the dialogue cryptic? Is it a film about a film? The Holy Mountain might not have been the first time that all of those characteristics found themselves in the same pit of bizarre cine-symbolism, but it is certainly among the most iconic. Nothing can possibly you prepare you for this labyrinth of the strange. Your adventure awaits.
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