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Topo
Topo or TOPO may refer to: * Topo (Calheta), a civil parish in the municipality of Calheta, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores * Topo (climbing), in climbing, a graphical illustration of the line and key topological challenges of a route * Topo (robot), a robot aimed at the consumer and educational market, produced during the 1980s by Androbot * Topography or topographic map * Trioctylphosphine oxide, abbreviated as TOPO * TOPO cloning, in genetics * Los Topos, a 1970s California theatre group, one of whose members was also known as Topo * Topo (DC Comics), a fictional character in the Aquaman series * Topo Gigio, a popular Italian puppet character, made famous by appearances on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' * Topos de Tlatelolco, an earthquake and natural disaster search and rescue squad from Mexico * ''Thwaitesia, Topo'', a genus of comb-footed spiders * Topo, nickname of San Sebastián Metro El Topo may refer to: * ''El Topo'', 1970 Mexican film * El Topo (Puerto Rican sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Topo
''El Topo'' (, "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Judeo-Christian symbolism and Eastern philosophy, the film is about El Topo—a violent, black-clad gunfighter played by Jodorowsky—and his quest for enlightenment. Plot 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 perpetrators and their leader, a fat balding Colonel. El Topo leaves his son to the monks of the settlement's mission and rides off with a woman whom the Colonel had kept as a slave. After turning bitter water sweet by stirring it with a branch, El Topo names the woman Marah. In need of food and water, El Topo spaces Marah's feet apart and digs up eggs from the sand beneath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |