Santa Sangre, Ingles Holy Blood (film1989 Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Santa Sangre (English: Holy Blood) is a 1989 avant-garde surreal horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Jodorowsky along with Claudio Argento and Roberto Leoni. It stars Axel Jodorowsky, Adán Jodorowsky, Teo Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Thelma Tixou, and Guy Stockwell. An international co-production of Mexico and Italy, the film is set in Mexico and tells the story of Fenix, a boy who grew up in a circus and his struggle with childhood trauma. It is signed Empire magazine’s 2008 list of the 500 greatest films of all time The film begins with a nude figure sitting in a tree in what looks like a madhouse. The nurses approach him, bringing a plate of conventional food and also one of raw fish. As they try to convince him to come down, it is the fish that persuades him to come down. When the nurses ask him to put on a jumpsuit, the viewer sees that he has a tattoo of a phoenix on his chest. We remember the childhood of Fenix, who spent acting as a “boy magician“ in a ci