Santa Sangre (, 'Holy Blood') is a 1989 surrealist psychological 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 Fénix, a boy who grew up in a circus and his struggle with childhood trauma. It is included in Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.

Plot

A naked man, Fénix, clings to a tree trunk in a cell at a mental asylum. A doctor and nurses coax him from his perch using a raw fish, which he starts to eat. As they dress him in coveralls, a tattoo of a phoenix on his chest is made visible.