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Axel Jodorowsky
Fenix
Blanca Guerra
Concha
Guy Stockwell
Orgo
Thelma Tixou
The Tattooed Woman
Sabrina Dennison
Alma
Adan Jodorowsky
Young Fenix
Faviola Elenka Tapia
Young Alma
Teo Jodorowsky
Pimp
Jesús Juárez
Aladin
Gloria Contreras
Rubi
Mary Aranza
Fat Prostitute
Sergio Bustamante
Monsignor
S. Rodriguez
The Saint
Zonia Rangel Mora
Trini
Joaquín García Vargas
Box-office Attendant
Teo Tapia
Business man
Edgar E. Jiménez Nava
Monsignor's Chauffeur
Jacobo Lieberman
Monsignor's Secretary
Héctor Ortega
Doctor
Brontis Jodorowsky
Orderly 1
Valérie Crouzet
Orderly 2
Óscar Serafín Álvarez
Soldier 1
Billy Motton
Soldier 2
Hilario 'Popitekus' Vargas
Wrestler 1
Guadalupe 'TNT' Aguilar
Wrestler 2
Arturo 'Rinoceronte' Contreras
Wrestler 3
Gustavo Aguilar Tejada
Beggar
Roger Fayard Arroyo
Beggar

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Fri Aug 27 2021

_**Life is a colorful psychosexual circus in Mexico City**_ A man ends up in an asylum after a shocking experience as a boy in a traveling circus in Mexico. When he escapes he finds his maimed mother and falls under her negative influence. Guy Stockwell plays the grossly overweight circus owner. Released in 1989-1990, “Santa Sangre” (meaning “Holy Blood”) is a surreal circus fantasy made by cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who’s known for “El Topo” (1970) and “The Holy Mountain” (1973). His son, Axel, plays the protagonist here, Fenix. Surreal or not, I love circus/carnival-oriente...