Experimentalfilm des chilenischen Regisseurs Alejandro Jodorowsky aus dem Jahre 1973, der Kultstatus gewonnen hat. Das metaphysische Drama beschäftigt sich mit Religion und Gewalt - der Regisseur übernimmt die Hauptrolle des Alchimisten in diesem Werk, das von John Lennon bis Marilyn Manson viele Anhänger fand.

Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the earth, but he is obstructed by the magician of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.