The Dance of Reality

The Dance of Reality
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlejandro Jodorowsky
Screenplay byAlejandro Jodorowsky
Based onLa Danza de la Realidad
by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJean-Marie Dreujou
Edited byMaryline Monthieux
Music byAdán Jodorowsky
Production
companies
  • Caméra One
  • Le Soleil Films
Distributed byPathé
Release dates
  • 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 23 May 2014 (2014-05-23) (United States)
  • 21 August 2015 (2015-08-21) (United Kingdom)
Running time
133 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Chile
  • France
LanguageSpanish
Budget$3 million
Box office$558,636[2]

The Dance of Reality (Spanish: La danza de la realidad) is a 2013 Chilean-French semi-autobiographical musical fantasy drama film written, produced, and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, and Jeremias Herskovits.[3] It is Alejandro Jodorowsky's first film in 23 years.[4] The film screened at Directors' Fortnight during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[3] The film is based on an earlier work by Jodorowsky first published in Spanish under the title La danza de la realidad: Psicomagia y psicochamanismo (2001).[5]

  1. ^ "THE DANCE OF REALITY (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ^ "The Dance of Reality (2015) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference variety was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Benson, Eric (16 March 2014). "The Psychomagical Realism of Alejandro Jodorowsky". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  5. ^ "La danza de la realidad: Psicomagia y psicochamanismo" (PDF). Siruela.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2017.