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Date: 1989 (Release)

Country: Italy

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Synopsis: A madman who becomes the arms of his mutilated mother.

Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Releases
Date: 1989not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11069 FeetSubtitles: English
Date: August 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (47)
Production Company: Produzioni Intersound, Executive Producer: René Cardona Jr, Executive Producer: Angelo Iacono, Producer: Claudio Argento, Line Producer: Anuar Badin, Production Executive: Roberta Tinti, Unit Manager: Pablo Buelna, Production Manager: Luz Maria Rojas, Production Co-ordinator: Cesar Jimenez, Location Manager: Tlacatéotl Mata, Post-production Supervisor: Lillo Capoano, Production Consultant: Lars Bloch, Production Consultant: Ronald de Neef, Assistant Director: Jesús Marín Bello, Assistant Director: René Villarreal, Casting: Pablo Léder, Screenplay: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Screenplay: Roberto Leoni, Screenplay: Claudio Argento, Adaptation: Roberto Leoni, Story: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Director of Photography: Daniele Nannuzzi, Camera Operator: Santiago Navarrete, Special Effects Supervisor: Marcelino Pacheco García, Special Effects: Alfonso Pacheco García, Special Effects: Victor M. Cano Castro, Special Effects: Ruben Pacheco García, Editor: Mauro Bonanni, Production Designer: Alejandro Luna, Set Decorator: Enrique Estevez Labastida, Costume Designer: Tolita Figueroa, Wardrobe Supervisor: Horacio Martinez, Wardrobe Master: Ignacio Abel Melo, Make-up Supervisor: Lamberto Marini, Make-up: Alberto Lopez Rodriguez, Tattoo Design: Sergio Arau, Titles/Opticals: Penta Studio, Music: Simon Boswell, Music Producer: Vincent Messina, Music Consultant: Ernesto Cortázar, Sound Recording: Roberto Camacho, Dolby Stereo Consultant: Romano Checcacci, Additional Sound Effects: Luciano Anzellotti, Massimo Anzellotti, ADR Editor: Nick Alexander, Dolby Stereo Consultant: Federico Savina
Cast (28)
Axel Jodorowsky (Fenix), Blanca Guerra (Concha), Guy Stockwell (Orgo), Thelma Tixou (tattooed woman), Sabrina Dennison (Alma), Adan Jodorowsky (young Fenix), Faviola Elenka Tapia (young Alma), Teo Jodorowsky (pimp), Maria de Jesús Aranzabal (fat prostitute), Jesús Juarez (Aladin), Sergio Bustamente (monsignor), Gloria Contreras (Rubi), S. Rodriguez (Saint), Zonia Rangel Mora (Trini), Borolas (box-office attendant), Teo Tapia (businessman), Edgar E. Jimenez Nava (monsignor's chauffeur), Jacobo Lieberman (monsignor's secretary), Hector Ortega Gomez (doctor), Brontis Jodorowsky (1st orderly), Valérie Crouzet (2nd orderly), Oscar Serafin Alvarez (1st soldier), Billy Motton (2nd soldier), Hilario Vargas 'popitekus' (1st wrestler), Guadalupe Aguilar 'tnt' (2nd wrestler), Arturo Contreras 'rinoceronte' (3rd wrestler), Gustavo Aguilar Tejada, Roger Fayard Arroyo (beggar)