El Topo is traveling through a desert on horseback with his naked young son, Hijo. After they come across a town whose people, horses and livestock have been slaughtered, El Topo hunts down and kills the perpetr… See more

• Alejandro Jodorowsky as El Topo
• Brontis Jodorowsky as Hijo, El Topo's son, as a boy
• Alfonso Arau as Bandit #1
• José Luis Fernández as Bandit #2… See more

There was no original intention to show El Topo in Mexico, where it was filmed and produced. Ben Barenholtz, an owner of the Elgin Theater in New York City, saw a private screening of El Topo at the Museum of Modern Art. … See more

The visuals were the main point of contention amongst the film's critics, who debated if the sequences and montage were meaningful or merely exploitative. Concerning the symbolism within the film, Vincent Ca… See more