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FANDO Y LIS (Original title)FANDO & LIS (Alternative title)TAR BABIES (Alternative title)FANDO AND LIS (Alternative title)
Date: 1967 (Release)

Country: Mexico

Direction/A film by: Alexandro Jodorowsky

Production company billing: ©none Producciones Pánicas presents a film by Alexandro Jodorowsky
Synopsis: Concerns the adventures of a young boy in his early 20's and his companion, a young paralytic girl, on a journey to a city known as Tar. The adventures that befall them are grotesque and at times upsetting. Based on a play by Fernando Arrabal.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (20)
Presents: Producciones Pánicas, Executive Producer: Mauricio Rosemberg, Executive Producer: Samuel Rosemberg, Technical Producer: Roberto Viskin, Juan López Moctezuma, Made by The Technicians of: Sección 49 del S.T.I.C., Screenplay: Alexandro Jodorowsky, Adaptation: Alexandro Jodorowsky, Dialogue/Text: Fernando Arrabal, Alexandro Jodorowsky, Based on the play by: Fernando Arrabal, Director of Photography: Reynoso, Director of Photography: Corkidi, Editor: Fernando Suarez, Music: Pepe Avila, Music: Hector Morely, Percussion: Mario Lozua, Dubbing Director: Manuel Rosano, [Dedicated] To the Memory of: Samuel Rosemberg
Cast (45)
Sergio Klainer (Fando), Diana Mariscal (Lis), Maria Teresa Rivas (mother), Tamara Garina (pope), Juan José Arreola (man caressing Lis), René Rebetez (man putting snakes into dolls), Amparo Villegas, Miguel Álvarez Acosta, Raul Romero, Julio Castillo, Adrián Ramos, Henry West, Luis Urías, Valerie Jodorowsky (woman with leg brace), Graciela R. de Mariscal, Tina French, Fuensanta (showgirl), Julia Marichal (black woman), Freddy Marichal, Alejandro Romero, Hector Mariscal, Rosita Oliver, Elizabeth Moore (young Lis), Vicente Moore (young Fando), Greta Cohen, Basha, Miguel Kafka, Pablo Léder, Alina Sanchez, Roberto Cirou, Antonio Cepeda, Ricardo Montejano, Gabriel Weiss, René Alis, Sergio Rendon, Carlos Acosta, Carlos Ancira, Dr Alfonso Toledano, Roberto Colmenares, Jacqueline Ducolomb, Carlos Savage, Antonio Reynoso ([]), Rafael Corkidi ([man caressing Lis]), Alexandro Jodorowsky ([acrobat]), Juan López Moctezuma ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
In: Sight and Sound v17 n5 May 2007  Page: 92
Title: Reviews: Midnight ramblerAuthor: COBB, Ben Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Reviews for the 'Alejandro Jodorowsky Collection' box set an d El TOPO, The HOLY MOUNTAIN and FANDO & LIS.

In: American Cinematographer v88 n6 June 2007  Page: 12
Title: DVD Playback: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky: Fando y...Author: HEMPHILL, Jim Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: "...Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mountain".

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v38 n446 March 1971  Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v38 n446 March 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Films and Filming v17 n8 May 1971  Pages: 101-105
Title: [Films and Filming - v17 n8 May 1971: no known title]Author: DURGNAT, Raymond Language: English

In: Variety 2 Jul 1969  Page: 24
Title: [Variety - 2 Jul 1969: no known title]Language: English

In:   Page: 3
Title: [ - : no known title]


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: 50 años de soledad: de Los olvidados (1950) a La Virgen de los sicarios (2000): infancia y juventud marginales en el cine iberoamericano
Author: SPOTORNO, Radomiro  Pages: 238 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: BFI identifier: C-166934
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-53552
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status