Alejandro Jodorowsky directs Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra and Thelma Tixou in this strange Mexican horror about a boy who grew up in the circus and who is driven mad by that past. 

What the fuck have I just watched? Circus soap opera that begins, middles and ends in gory tragedy. An elephant funeral parade. Mentally disabled lads bunking off to a Mexican red light district. Romance between a runaway mute and a boy who acts as a substitute for his vengeful mother’s severed arms. Giallo style murders with only one suspect. Lurid fever dream gutter surrealism. Not for everyone.

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