Santa Sangre
– A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as ..
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother.
27 Jun 1990
English
No One 17 and Under Admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky (story), Roberto Leoni (story), Alejandro Jodorowsky (screenplay), Roberto Leoni (screenplay), Claudio Argento (screenplay)
Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother. Against his will, he "becomes her arms" and the two undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge.
1 win & 8 nominations.
Republic Pictures Home Video