Fando y Lis
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Fando y Lis is a 1968 surrealist film by Alejandro Jodorowsky that follows a young couple’s bizarre, allegorical journey through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fando | 1 |
| Fando y Lis canonical | 1 |
| Fando y Lis (play) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8824664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fando y Lis Context triple: [Alejandro Jodorowsky, notableWork, Fando y Lis]
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A.
La Blanquilla
La Blanquilla is a small, sparsely inhabited Caribbean island of Venezuela known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and rich marine life popular with divers.
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B.
Doña Juana
Doña Juana is a stratovolcano in the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, known for its explosive eruptions and location in southwestern Colombia.
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C.
La Jara
La Jara is a small town in southern Colorado that serves as the primary population and commercial center of Conejos County.
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D.
El Rosal
El Rosal is a municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, located in the Bogotá savanna near the capital city.
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E.
Lady of Elche
The Lady of Elche is a famous 4th-century BCE Iberian stone bust, renowned for its elaborate headdress and jewelry and considered one of Spain’s most iconic archaeological artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fando y Lis Target entity description: Fando y Lis is a 1968 surrealist film by Alejandro Jodorowsky that follows a young couple’s bizarre, allegorical journey through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
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A.
La Blanquilla
La Blanquilla is a small, sparsely inhabited Caribbean island of Venezuela known for its white-sand beaches, clear waters, and rich marine life popular with divers.
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B.
Doña Juana
Doña Juana is a stratovolcano in the Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, known for its explosive eruptions and location in southwestern Colombia.
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C.
La Jara
La Jara is a small town in southern Colorado that serves as the primary population and commercial center of Conejos County.
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D.
El Rosal
El Rosal is a municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, located in the Bogotá savanna near the capital city.
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E.
Lady of Elche
The Lady of Elche is a famous 4th-century BCE Iberian stone bust, renowned for its elaborate headdress and jewelry and considered one of Spain’s most iconic archaeological artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
surrealist film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Fando y Lis (play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fando y Lis
play by Fernando Arrabal ⓘ |
| censorship | was banned in Mexico after its premiere ⓘ |
| character |
Fando
ⓘ
linked to:
Fando y Lis
Lis ⓘ |
| cinematography | Rafael Corkidi ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| director | Alejandro Jodorowsky ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video
ⓘ
theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Producciones Zohar ⓘ |
| editor | Federico Landeros ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| followedBy | El Topo ⓘ |
| follows | a young couple named Fando and Lis ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional dependency
ⓘ
sadomasochistic relationship ⓘ search for utopia ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle |
experimental narrative structure
ⓘ
surreal imagery ⓘ |
| movement |
Mexican New Wave
ⓘ
avant-garde cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mario Kuri ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | allegory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial reception at its premiere in Mexico
ⓘ
early feature film by Alejandro Jodorowsky ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alejandro Jodorowsky filmography
ⓘ
linked to:
Alejandro Jodorowsky
|
| plotSummary | A young couple journeys through a desolate, post-apocalyptic landscape in search of the mythical city of Tar. ⓘ |
| precededBy | La Cravate ⓘ |
| producer |
Alexandro Jodorowsky
ⓘ
linked to:
Alejandro Jodorowsky
|
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | 1968 Acapulco Film Festival ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 93 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Alejandro Jodorowsky ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic landscape ⓘ |
| starring |
Diana Mariscal
ⓘ
María Teresa Rivas ⓘ Max Kerlow ⓘ Sergio Kleiner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fando y Lis Description of subject: Fando y Lis is a 1968 surrealist film by Alejandro Jodorowsky that follows a young couple’s bizarre, allegorical journey through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fando y Lis
linked to: Fando y Lis