Santa Sangre (1989) - full transcript
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.
Fenix
Please.
Eat like a human being.
You can't just stay
here all the time.
Not seeing anyone.
Now come on, stand up.
Come on now. Your foot.
That's it.
The other one.
Don't miss the Circo del Gringo,
the greatest show on earth!
The death-defying
trapeze girl!
The boy magician! Come
and see them now! Come on!
See the tiger from
the Indian jungle!
The elephant from
darkest Africa!
The furry monkey!
Roll up! Roll up!
Go and see the
Circo del Gringo!
Aladin, the world's smallest
elephant trainer! Roll up! Roll up!
Roll up! Roll
up! Come and see.
Papa! Wake up, wake
up! They're here!
Get the hell out of here!
I told you not to bother me!
Why does he drink so much?
My mother says he killed
a woman in America.
And he can't go back?
Tough life. Come on,
let's go see the new act.
- The new act?
- Yes!
The Tattooed Woman!
Now come on.
Come on! Come on!
Come on! Don't be afraid!
Come on!
You can't do anything!
Read my lips, you
stupid deaf-mute.
Come on, don't
just stand there!
I should have left you in the poorhouse
when your mother died. Now practice!
Or I'll beat you.
What's goin' on here?
Oh, Sr. Orgo.
Here I am.
The ocean!
It's a peacock!
It's the moon.
- Here's a fish!
- Cloud.
- And a crab!
- The ocean!
Nice to meet you.
Come with me.
- Against the board.
- Anything you say, Sr. Orgo.
Blasphemy! Idiots!
Sacrilege!
Mother! Mother!
Blasphemy! This
is our church!
All right, get them off my land
right now or I'll run 'em over!
Go ahead but you'll have
to kill us all! Go ahead!
- Then go ahead!
- Mother!
No!
No! Don't hurt her!
We are not afraid of you.
El fin del mundo
se acerca ya
Toda esperanza se acabar?
Ya las se?ales se
est?n cumpliendo
Se est?n cumpliendo
como escrito est?
Querido amigo,
Lirio te IIama
No hagas duro voc? coraz?n
R?ndete a Lirio,
dale voc? alma
Y tendr?s parte
en la resurrecci?n
Peace! I bring peace.
- Come now.
- Father.
Peace.
Please, Father, help us. They
want to destroy our temple.
I won't let them
do such a thing.
Peace. Peace. Let
me see your church.
This is it, Monsignor.
This is where we worship.
our beloved saint and martyr.
Here she is, Monsignor.
But this is no saint.
Monsignor, she is a saint.
How could you?
Right here, many years ago,
Lirio, a young girl, was
attacked by the Terrano brothers.
She tried to fight them
off with all her strength,
but they cut off her arms.
They raped her.
and left her to die
in a pool of blood.
And on this ground, miraculously
still wet with her holy blood,
we built our church.
- This is paint!
- No, it's holy blood.
- This is paint!
- It's holy blood!
Do you hear me, crazy
woman? It's paint!
- It's blood! It's blood!
- Feel it! Feel it!
This is paint! It is
paint! This is paint!
Holy blood! It's holy blood!
It's holy blood!
- It's paint!
- Holy blood.
I order you to stop this
foolish sacrilege immediately.
Never! This is our saint!
The church will never
recognize this heresy!
Don't dare! Holy blood!
Cantemos todos!
Holy blood. Holy blood!
Holy blood! Holy blood!
Holy blood! Holy
blood! Holy blood!
Holy blood!
Holy blood! Holy blood!
Come, Kevin, I don't want
this to soil your pure soul.
- Let's go.
- Yes, go! Get out of here!
Go ahead and destroy
this abomination!
Holy blood!
Holy blood!
- Holy blood! Holy blood!
- Holy blood!
Go ahead!
Don't run away!
Mother! No!
- No, no! No, no!
- No.
Kill me! Go ahead!
Kill me! Kill me!
Kill me!
- Kill me! Go ahead!
- Mother! Mother!
Go ahead!
Hey!
Sr. Orgo.
Orgo has a decent wife.
Stay away from him.
or I'll kill you!
She's crazy!
Get up. Get up!
You bastard!
My little child.
No.
Don't. Don't. Don't laugh!
Don't do that!
Stop! Nobody goes any
further. Leave them alone.
Get out of here.
Vamoose. Vamoose.
Vamoose. Vamoose.
- What's happened?
- The elephant is dying.
Please, don't die.
Please.
Don't die.
Stop crying. like
a little girl.
I'll give you a charm.
That'll make you a man.
There now you're a man.
Just like me.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Fenix, the boy magician!
Concha, queen of
the flying trapeze!
Hanging by her own hair!
Put me down! Put me down!
Quick, quick! Down! Down!
Quick. Quick.
Go away!
- Music! Music!
- Concha!
Mummy! Mum!
Shh! Get in the trailer.
Keep quiet. Go! Go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Yo ya me voy
Al puerto donde se haya
La barca de oro
Que debe conducirme
Yo ya me voy
S?lo vengo a despedirme
Adi?s mujer
Adi?s para siempre, adi?s.
Come on.
No volver?n
Tus ojos a mirarme
Ni tus o?dos
Escuchar?n mi canto
Voy a aumentar.
No!
Los mares con mi IIanto
Adi?s mujer
Adi?s para siempre, adi?s
Come here, come on,
come on. Come on.
This is Fenix.
Yes.
Give me your hand.
Thanks, Fenix.
Come along now.
Come on, Fenix. They're
around here somewhere.
Now, Fenix. Thank you.
Form a circle!
Good boy, Fenix.
Everybody wave.
Hands up like this!
Go on!
Music.
And now we will
have some fruit!
- Come on, let's have some fruit.
- We'll have some fruit!
One for you.
New friends, Fenix.
Rudolph.
Mauricio.
Daniel.
Marcos.
and Dar?o.
They are going to
the movies tonight.
- Yes?
- Yes.
And you are going with them.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Come on, my dear.
Here we are, out you get.
Come on, Daniel.
Come on, you two.
- Come on, stay together.
- Come along.
Now we will see a great
film about Robinson Crusoe.
Is everybody here?
Come on, Fenix.
Ah, yes. Robinson Crusoe,
one of life's castaways.
Yes. Good boy, Dar?o.
Goodbye. Goodbye!
I have to go with
my grandmother.
Goodbye! We're going
to the synagogue.
Hello, little boy.
Nice little boy.
Good morning. I
am Robinson Crusoe.
Bye! Enjoy the movie!
And don't worry, we
will wait for you.
Come along.
Vengan, vengan. Come, I
have a present for you.
Listen, this kind of
stuff will make you sick.
If you promise not to tell,
I'll take you somewhere else.
that's much more
fun than the movies.
A little sniff of
this And we'll see.
Sniff.
?ndele para adentro.
De la buena!
Yes, yes.
Vamos amigos!
Que le pasa a Lupita? No s?
Que le pasa a
esa ni?a? No s?
Que es lo que quiere? Bailar
Por que ella no baila?
Cag?n!
Que dice su mama Que s?
Que baile Lupita S? s?
Mambo, mambo,
mambo, mambo S?!
S?! S?! S?!
Here.
There you go, Lores.
How much for the
five pendejitos?
For all of them, $20.
Five for you, 15 for me.
Vengan, vengan
chaparritos al hotel.
Me los voy a comer.
Mira, mira lo
que me encontr?.
- Like me?
- M?rame!
M?rame, dame un trocito.
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro
Cinco, seis, siete, ocho
Mambo!
Fenix?
Have fun last night?
How do you feel?
Good! Very good.
Now eat, hm?
I'll be back
later, all right?
All right, out we go. Out we go.
Today we have home-made chicken soup.
Fenix!
Siento en el alma
Unas ganas inmensas
De IIorar
Voc? me haces falta
Y jur? no dec?rtelo jam?s
Yo quiero hacerte
Con mis l?grimas
un collar de perlas
D?jame IIorar
Porque hoy ya te perd?
Queri?ndote olvidar
Me acuerdo m?s
De voc?
Inside.
Come on.
Sit over there!
If I can get a proper drink.
Oh! Hup!
- Come here, now.
- Give me that, brother.
Hey, come over,
baby. Come on.
Yeah.
I'll give you
another tattoo, baby!
Where is his girl?
- Where's his money?
- First he's gotta see what he's payin' for.
She's a deaf-mute.
So you can do whatever you want
with her and no one will hear her.
Amiga, ad?nde vas?
Now, when she comes back, I'm gonna
take care of you! You little bitch!
Oh, no!
Aquel amor
Que marchit? mi vida
Aquel amor
Que fue mi perdici?n
D?nde andar?
La prenda m?s querida
D?nde andar?
Aquel, aquel amor
Aquel amor
Que marchit? mi vida
Aquel amor
Que fue mi perdici?n
D?nde andar?
La prenda m?s querida
D?nde andar?
Aquel, aquel amor
Aladin.
Sr. Fenix.
Let's go.
In the beginning
God created the heavens
And the earth
Water
Fish
And plants
And trees
Yielding fruit
And birds
Flying above the earth
And God created.
Man!
And woman.
And.
Woman
Then the serpent
Came with temptation.
And with all sorts of fruit
Now, eat it.
And then
They knew sin
Universal universal sin!
- You were fantastic.
- That's enough.
I'm so tired.
I want to get out of here.
Fenix.
With your hands.
and my body.
we'll have an act that
will be sensational.
Come on.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Rubi the Virgin!
B?same
B?same mucho
Como si fuera esta noche
La ?ltima vez
B?same
B?same mucho
Que tengo miedo a perderte.
- I've been thinking about your ideia.
- You have?
- Can we see each other later?
- Sure.
Here?
I love your nose.
Oh, you scared me.
I was thinking.
how we could join.
your art.
and mine.
A man like you
always finds a way.
I will do anything you want.
First.
I will tie you to a wheel.
and I will throw
knives at you.
One here.
One here.
And one here,
next to your mouth,
so you can kiss
it with your lips.
And then.
the last one here.
I will be afraid.
Don't worry, you'll love it.
because I will
hypnotise you.
Fenix!
You know what
you have to do.
No, I don't want to!
This girl has defiled
you with her lust.
No, Mum, it's not
true! It is only a game!
No! I can't!
Don't ask me to!
I'm not asking
you, I'm ordering.
my hands and my arms.
to kill her.
Kill her!
Stupid!
Wake her up.
Put her in the car.
And get a suitcase ready.
We are going home.
Please.
don't die.
Please.
Please.
don't die.
Don't die, please.
- Don't die.
- Wake up!
You can't atone for your
sins with nightmares.
Bring me my robe.
Hurry!
I want my breakfast.
I couldn't stand those
awful hotels any more.
I'm too tired to be
traveling around and around.
And you!
You are too weak to
resist temptation.
Without me you are nothing.
No one sees you and
no one notices you.
Just like your stupid hero.
Watch it! You're
getting me dirty.
Now we are going to
practice my concerto.
No grace, no style!
You've got to move my
fingers more elegantly.
All right.
- Start again.
- But I can't do it. I don't remember the melody.
I know that! At least you remember
the song of our patron saint.
Come on then, I
want to play it.
El fin del mundo
se acerca ya
Toda esperanza se acabar?
Ya las se?ales se
est?n cumpliendo
Se est?n cumpliendo
como escrito est?
Querido amigo,
Lirio te IIama.
Y tendr?s parte
en la resurrecci?n
Stop it!
It's always
roosters or swans!
You never see anything else in
your ridiculous hallucinations.
It's over, Mummy.
My angel.
- Now let's sing.
- Aladin.
Siento en el alma
Unas ganas inmensas
De IIorar
T? me haces falta
Y jur? no dec?rtelo
Jam?s
Yo quiero hacerte
Con mis l?grimas un
Collar de perlas
D?jame IIorar
Porque hoy que te perd?
Queri?ndote olvidar
Me acuerdo m?s
De voc?
So you failed again?
Come here.
Come here!
Come!
I want to finish the
stockings for Santa Lirio.
One, two, pass.
One, two, pass.
One, two, pass.
Oh, Sr. Fenix,
what a pleasure.
I I have the things
that you ordered.
Mercury,
sulphur,
boric trisulphate.
Oh I'd really like to see
your experiments, Sr. Fenix.
- Really?
- Yes!
Why don't you
invite me some time?
We could have dinner.
How about tonight?
I'll bring some flowers.
Ten o'clock all right?
Yes, I guess so. I have
to go now. Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen!
Coming soon at the Coliseum,
an evening of wrestling!
Featuring The Saint, the
world's strongest woman!
Good! The Saint.
Sr. Fenix!
Sr. Fenix?
Sr. Fenix, what's
happening to you?
Nothing. It was just
an hallucination.
Eh, bonita, no tiene
nada para m?? Venga! Eh!
Culito.
Que? Una foto? No, no.
No No?
Pobrecita. Espere. Una foto.
There.
Bueno.
How great is that? The
audience will buy it.
The next trick,
attack and defense.
That's it for today.
They can hit the showers.
What are you doing here?
You're very nice.
What's the matter?
Don't you like me?
Yes.
I like you so much that I would
like to have you in my show.
Do you have your own
company or theatre?
A little theatre
in my house.
Would you like to
take me there tonight?
For a quick rehearsal?
- If it's not asking too much.
- Hey, I like you.
You got a bottle
on you, baby?
Nice.
Careful, Saint.
This is my theatre.
I like this strong and
beautiful body of yours.
that could fight me off.
Why should I, sugar? Mm?
Fenix? Where are you?
What's the matter with you?
Nothing. It was
only my imagination.
Ladies and Ladies.
The show is about to begin!
Come, Lothar.
You are about to witness
the ultimate miracle.
The transformation
of death into life.
I will change this mummy
into one hundred flying doves!
Watch out, Saint!
For now you have
to fight me off.
What's happening to
you? Are you going crazy?
Kill her! Kill her!
Did you hear her?
She wants me to kill
you with my hands.
Kill her!
Kill her!
- Kill her!
- Please.
break my arms.
Kill her!
Crazy fool.
Use the sword.
Why did you...?
Forgive me.
Please, forgive me.
What have I done?
Alma.
I have been waiting for you.
for so long.
You've come.
to take me away?
Fenix!
You will never take
my son away from me!
I order my hands
to kill her!
No!
Yes!
Cut off her arms!
Cut off her arms!
Is anybody home?
Sr. Fenix? Sr. Fenix!
Somebody help me!
No!
Kill her!
Yes! Kill her!
- Kill her!
- No!
Kill her!
Kill her! Kill her!
Kill her! Kill her!
Kill her! Kill her!
Cut off her arms!
Cut off her arms!
Cut off her arms!
Cut off her arms!
Kill her! Kill
her! Kill her!
Kill her!
Cut them off!
Now get out of my life!
Disappear!
You will never
be free of me!
I'm inside of you!
Yo ya me voy.
Mother.
Al puerto donde se haya
La barca de oro
Que debe conducirme
Yo ya me voy.
My mummy is dead.
S?lo vengo a despedirme
Adi?s mujer
Adi?s para siempre, adi?s
No volver?n
Tus ojos a mirarme
Ni tus o?dos
Escuchar?n mi canto
Voy a aumentar.
No. No.
Los mares con mi IIanto
Adi?s mujer
Adi?s para siempre, adi?s
Yo quiero hacerte
Con mis l?grimas un
Collar de perlas
D?jame IIorar
Porque hoy que te perd?
Queri?ndote olvidar
Me acuerdo m?s de voc?
Hey!
?ndale, ?ndale.
Throw her out the window.
One!
And two!
And three! And four!
A fire!
Goodbye!
Sr. Fenix.
Aladin.
Put your hands up!
My hands.