This is the second of the five memoirs Alejandro Jodorowsky plans to shoot, the first one being La Danse de la réalité (2013).
Luz María Yacometti's debut.
Alejandro Jodorowsky was 87 when Endless Poetry was released. His sons play both himself as a young man and his father. His son Adân Jodorowsky (age 37 at the time of the film) plays the central character of Alejandro as a young man. His son Brontis Jodorowsky (age 54) plays his father, Jaime. Adân also composed the film's music.