Fando and Lis

1968

1h 33m

Adventure

Fantasy

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73%

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11 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

Fando (Sergio Kleiner) and his disabled partner, Lis (Diana Mariscal), search for the mythical city of Tar.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It's a movie that should really be watched in a basement through a cloud of weed smoke, in the company of hippies who, in the immortal words of Alexei Sayle, are in the habit of weaving their own hemp-substitute bags out of dried snot.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 6, 2020

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

An adorable, preposterous mutant film from the heyday of international do-your-own-thing moviemania.

Aug 29, 2006

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New York Times

For all its invocations of theater of cruelty, Fando and Lis hardly ever scares up anything stronger than unpleasant whimsey.

Rated: 2/5

May 9, 2005

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

It's Jodorowsky, so the imagery is fierce and evocative, but the first time through it can be a bit of a test of patience.

Rated: B

Nov 29, 2022

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Very much a late '60s freakout, tricked out with car cemeteries and action painting in the nude, the movie is fake-profound but seldom dull.

Feb 26, 2008

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Ben Cobb

Film4

Jodorowsky's lyrical fantasy leaves Fellini and Buuel spluttering in its dust.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 26, 2008

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Fra B

It's a true fantasy, disjointed but with unique whimsical moments you will not find in any other movie and very refined technique.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/11/21

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william k

Madcap surrealist road trip in a post-apocalyptic world is full of imaginative sequences and absurd and shocking moments, but altogether doesn't seem to make much sense as a cautionary tale (which obviously was the intention).

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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júlio a

Filme nadinha fÃ¡cil. Mas olhando com calma, Ã (C) bem interessante.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Mr. Jodorowsky would go on to make ambitious and visionary films about the eccentric, the curious, and the corrupt, but his early work Fando and Lis is nothing more than disagreeably quirky.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

It is always interesting to see how Jodorowsky wanted to push the cinematic envelope with this provocative surrealist film of striking visuals - which, even if notably amateurish and flawed, already showed that he was an artist full of ideas and promising talent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

The gateway film into the intensely surreal realm that is his repertoire, Jodorowsky's Fando Y Lis experiments with what would later become his trademark visual style. The real gem in this picture is the silent film-esque opening credits, in which black and white biblical images play over a surreal narration.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Fando

Diana Mariscal

Lis

María Teresa Rivas

Fando's Mother

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Young Lis

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Synopsis

Fando (Sergio Kleiner) and his disabled partner, Lis (Diana Mariscal), search for the mythical city of Tar.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Producer: Juan López Moctezuma, Roberto Viskin
Screenwriter: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 7, 2019
Runtime: 1h 33m

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