El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a transformative desert journey that he begins with his 6-year-old son, who must bury his childhood totems in order to mature. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God while riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits massacred a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the slaughtered and then kidnaps their leader's wife Mara. El Topo's surreal style is bloody, sexual, and self-reflective, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.
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El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a transformative desert journey that he begins with his 6-year-old son, who must bury his childhood totems in order to mature. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God while riding a horse through a spiritual, mystical landscape strewn with old Western movie and ancient Eastern religious symbols. Bandits massacred a village on his path, so El Topo avenges the slaughtered and then kidnaps their leader's wife Mara. El Topo's surreal style is bloody, sexual, and self-reflective, as he tries to vanquish those he encounters.
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