Bastián Bodenhöfer

"Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life." This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky's biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. (quinzaine-realisateurs.com)

Chile, 1983. Pedro (Bastian Bodenhöffer) is a professional photographer whose brother is part of the list of the disappeared detainees. The weight of this memory leads him to seek the truth about his death. Wandering through the city, Pedro finds a country silenced by fear ... Movie which premiere was scheduled for 1988 but it was banned by the dictatorship, only being able to reach theaters after the return to democracy in 1990. (Filmaffinity)

Endless Poetry portrays Alejandro Jodorowsky's young adulthood, set in the 1940s and 50s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, into the foremost bohemian and artistic circle of the time. He meets Enrique Lihn, Stella Diaz Varín, Nicanor Parra and many others of the country's young, promising and unknown artists who would later become the titans of Latin America's literature. (Quinzaine)