A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother – the leader of a strange religious cult – and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes “her arms”. A hallucinatory, blood-soaked fairytale of madness and devotion that could only have been made by Jodorowsky.

Santra Sangre screens as part of Adelaide Cinémathèque and the program: Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Psychomagic on Screen: The Cinema of Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky’s radical vision forever altered the landscape of independent cinema, weaponizing pure surrealism to challenge societal conventions and expand the boundaries of the mind. Experience these restored masterpieces on the big screen as they were meant to be seen: as confrontational, deeply spiritual, and beautifully unhinged acts of cinematic alchemy.