El Topo (1970)

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Synopsis

Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky. Spanish-language Western/Surreal. A gunfighter (Alejandro Jodorowsky) wanders through the desert, encountering mystical and mythical figures in a symbolic version of the Old West.

Content elements

• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some involving animals - some blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - breast nudity, little detail
• Frequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Perspectives on the Western
• Self-discovery

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and nudity

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