Santa Sangre

Santa Sangre

  • Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky,Roberto Leoni,Claudio Argento
  • Countries of origin: Mexico, Italy
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 27, 1990
  • Sound mix: Dolby, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Holy Blood
  • "Santa sangre" is a horror film directed by Jodo, starring Axel Zodulowski, Sabrina Denison, Blanca Gera, and Guy Stockwell, in November 1989 Released in Italy on the 24th.
    The film uses surrealism to show the bizarre life of his family and explores the story of religious and philosophical propositions through the half-real and half-fantasy memories of the mentally ill Fenix   .

    Details

    • Release date June 27, 1990
    • Filming locations Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies Productora Fílmica Real, Produzioni Intersound

    Box office

    Budget

    $787,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Shanna 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Is Fenix ​​crazy in "Holy Blood"?

      Is Fenix ​​crazy in "Holy Blood"? This question became the key question and the crux of my understanding of the film. If he's crazy, all serious thinking and passing on the secret of finding the truth becomes a circus joke; if he's not crazy, why is the narrative impossible under the clear main theme. In a film that makes people feel "poetic", trying to calmly grasp it from the overall rationality has become a delusion. Only a flash of inspiration is the peach blossom garden that we capture...

    • By Catharine 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Family Tragedy and Redemption

      The story begins with the memory of a gifted patient with a serious illness. The unfortunate childhood tragedy has caused serious mental trauma to the male protagonist. The male protagonist's parents can be said to be selfish, and they have caused a lot of pressure to the childhood male protagonist in their own way. , cheating father, extreme mother, the only dawn in childhood is that little girl of the same age. The tone of the film is dark, presumably because it is a relatively old film,...

    • By Ellen 2022-03-24 09:03:04

      We are all mentally ill

      It's a bizarre movie, and a controversial one at the same time. The pace of the movie is slow, and the protagonist feels breathless at the beginning eating raw fish. Then start adding different unimaginable content, dwarf people, deaf people, dying elephants, people feel creepy because of the reality of the film. The film is slow-paced and imaginative at the same time. Death and nudity, violence and pornography are intertwined, making the viewing process especially wonderful. However, what the...

    • By Drake 2022-03-22 09:02:30

      The man who looks like Jesus

      Chilean CULT film master Alejandro Jodorowsky

      Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky male, born on February 7,

      1929, Chile Born in Chile in 1929, His father is Russian and his mother is Argentine. Chilean-Mexican playwright, film director, actor, composer and producer. He is also a philosopher of comparative religion, historian and psychotherapist. At the age of 16, he began to publish poems. At the age of 17, he began to participate in pantomime and puppet theater...

    • By Nikki 2022-03-21 09:02:49

      Watch the 4k version as a souvenir

      The 4k version I watched, among all the director's works, it seems that only this one has a 4k version. I heard that the 4k version of Mole and the Holy Mountain is in production.

      Yep , this month is watching Jodorowsky's work directed by Jodorowsky's Dune Pit.

      At present, I have watched Fando and Liz, Mole, and Holy Mountain, and travel with the director's...

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    • By Colleen 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Fenix, whether you are split personality or fanciful, I love you...

    • By Leone 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      CULT Classic ~ Holy blood and paint magician's hands The woman who lost her hands and painted her face. . . The moment when surreal beliefs are shattered is the moment when lost humanity returns to reality. It's ok to be crooked~ My favorite is Alejandro Jodoeowsky's perfect acting. He supports a movie by himself, exaggerated body movements, natural expressions, and the moment when he finally raises his hands, the moment he finds himself again, it means that life loses freedom. only...

    • By Laurianne 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Saintess with Broken Arms, dumb girls, circus, nosebleed elephant, torn ears, imaginary pythons, hands that replace expressions, Latin American glamorous male...

    • By Lee 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      It is still Oedipus, mother and son, who can only let go of the illusion and forget the cruel memory and false worship. The mother is the spiritual ruler for a long time, and the girl is the pure guide. The rest is mysticism. Semiotics. There are cult elements such as transvestite freaks. Mystery Circus is similar to this...

    • By Hailee 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Circus (Fellini) Surrealism (Bunuel) Composition (Eisenstein-Ivan the Great, Lang's Nosferatu) The plasma effect is so good The horror scene is top-notch and the ending has the smell of Sunset Boulevard The actor estimates Is the director's son four and a half...

    Movie plot

    Fenix ​​is ​​a patient in a mental hospital, naked all day long, squatting like a bird on a tree trunk by the window indoors. Fenix ​​spent his childhood in a circus troupe. His father, Ogao, was the owner of the circus troupe and knew how to fly. Mother Catia is an actor of trapeze. Fenix ​​performed magic tricks in the circus class. Garcia believes in fetishism, and the god she offers is a girl with a broken arm. The broken-arm girl...
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    "Santa sangre" is not just a story about a man killing dozens of women. The director also puts idolatry, religious beliefs, and the confrontational and inseparable relationship between mother and child in a foreign land. This is a bloody story woven from sex and sacredness. The film begins with the male protagonist who is treated in a mental hospital after he grows up. It traces his childhood nightmare in flashback format. The director...
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    Movie quotes

    • Concha: It's always roosters or swans! You never see anything else in your ridiculous hallucinations.

    • Fenix: [Concha begins to control his hands] Watch out, Saint! For now you have to fight me off.

      The Saint: What's happening to you? Are you going crazy?

      Concha: Kill her! Kill her!

      Fenix: Did you hear her? She wants me to kill you with my hands.

    • [last lines]

      Police: [on megaphone] Put your hands up!

      Fenix: [begins to raise hands] My hands... My hands! My hands.

      [laughs]