screenshots / The Holy Mountain / 1973 ABKCO Films

(Spanish: La montaña sagrada)

A guru guides a troupe of pilgrims on a magical quest to Lotus Island where they must ascend the Holy Mountain in search of spiritual enlightenment.

Mexican avant-garde surrealist film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo).

The cast also includes Horacio Salinas (as The Thief), Juan Ferrara (as Fon) and Valerie Jodorowsky (as Sel).

Based on Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross and Mount Analogue by René Daumal.

Former Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono (along with his manager Allen Klein) helped to fund the film's production.

Filmed entirely on locations in Mexico, including Chichén Itzá, Yucatán and Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo.