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Santa Sangre is a mexicain film of genre Drama directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky released in USA on 27 june 1990 with Blanca Guerra
Santa Sangre (1990)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 june 1990
Length 2h3
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
OriginMexique
Themes Circus films, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating74%
Santa Sangre (Holy Blood) is a 1989 Mexican-Italian avant-garde horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Jodorowsky along with Claudio Argento and Roberto Leoni. It stars Axel Jodorowsky, Adan Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra and Guy Stockwell. Divided into both a flashback and a flash-forward, the film, which is set in Mexico, tells the story of Fenix, a boy who grew up in a circus, and his life through both adolescence and early adulthood.
Synopsis
The film starts with a naked figure sitting in a tree in what looks like a mental asylum. Nurses come out to him, bringing a plate of conventional food and also one of a raw fish. As they try to coax him off of his perch, it is the fish that persuades him to come down. As the nurses get him to put on some overalls, the viewer sees that he has a tattoo of phoenix on his chest.Actors
Blanca Guerra
(Concha)
Adán Jodorowsky
(Young Fenix)
Axel Jodorowsky
(Fenix)
Guy Stockwell
(Orgo)
Faviola Elenka Tapia
(Young Alma)
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