[meow]
[people chatting, footsteps approaching]
Fenix.
Please.
Eat like a human being.
[howls]
[grunts]
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.
♪ [Latin]
[screech]
[children yelling]
[announcer] Don't miss the Circo del Gringo,
the greatest show on earth!
The death-defying trapeze girl!
And Fenix, the boy magician!
Come and see them now! Come on!
See the tiger from the lndian 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!
[elephant groans]
Roll up! Roll up!
♪ [brass band]
Papa! Wake up, wake up! They're here!
Get the hell out of here! l told you not to bother me!
[groans]
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!
Shh.
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!
[whip cracks]
I should have left you in the poorhouse
when your mother died .
Now practice...
or I'll beat you.
[Man] What's going on here?
Oh, Mr. Orgo.
- Here l am. - Hmm.
Ahh!
- The ocean! - Oh!
- Ooh! - It's a peacock!
It's the moon.
- Here's a fish! - Cloud.
- And a crab! - The ocean!
[snaps fingers]
Nice to meet you.
Come with me.
Against the board.
Anything you say, Mr. Orgo.
[moans]
♪ [calliope]
♪ [tapping on bottles]
[yelling, shouting]
Blasphemy! Atheists!
Sacrilege!
Mother! Mother!
Blasphemy! This is our church!
All right, get them off my land right now,
or l'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!
[gunshots]
We are not afraid of you.
♪ [band playing]
♪ El fin del mundo se acerca ya ♪
♪ Toda esperanza se acabar ♪
♪ [singing in Spanish continues]
♪ Querido amigo, lirio te llama ♪
♪ No hagas duro tu corazon ♪
♪ Rondete a lirio, dale tu alma ♪
♪ Y tendres parte en la resurreccion ♪
Peace. l bring peace.
Come down.
Father.
Peace.
Please, Father, help us.
They want to destroy our temple.
l 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 beIoved 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.
But this is paint.
No, it's holy blood.
- This is paint! - It's holy blood!
Do you hear me, crazy woman? lt's paint!
- It's blood! It's blood! - Feel it! Feel it!
This is paint! lt is paint! This is paint!
Holy blood! lt's holy blood!
It's holy blood! It's holy blood!
[congregation shouting]
It's paint!
Holy blood.
l order you to stop this foolish sacrilege immediateIy!
Never! This is our saint!
The church will never recognize this heresy!
We don't care! 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,
l don't want this to soil your pure soul.
Let's go.
Yes, go! Get out of here!
Go ahead and destroy this abomination!
♪ [congregation singing]
Holy blood!
Go ahead!
[screaming]
Don't run away!
Mother! No!
No, no! No, no!
Kill me! Go ahead!
Kill me! Kill me!
Kill me!
Mother! Mother!
Go ahead!
[crying]
♪ [trumpet]
♪ [brass band]
[vomits]
- Hey! - [honks horn]
[sighs]
♪ [brass band]
Ahh.
[growls]
[laughs]
Oh! Mr. Orgo.
Uhh!
Orgo has a decent wife.
Stay away from him. . . or l'll kill you!
[screams] She's crazy!
Get up! Get up!
You bastard!
Aaaah.
My little child.
No!
[laughs]
Don't.
Don't laugh!
♪ [brass band]
[laughs]
Don't do that!
Ahh!
[grunts]
Ha ha!
[grunts]
[groans]
Stop! Nobody goes any further. Leave them alone.
Get out of here. Vamoose. Vamoose.
Vamoose. Vamoose.
[elephant growls]
[passionate moaning]
[tiger growls]
[elephant trumpets]
[elephant groans]
What's happened?
The elephant is dying.
Please, don't die.
Please.
♪ [flute]
[Fenix weeps]
♪ [trumpets]
Don't die.
♪ [music continues]
Don't die!
♪ [music continues]
[church bells tolling]
[church bell tolling]
♪ [funeral dirge]
♪ [trumpet]
[cheering]
Stop crying. . . like a little girl.
I'll give you a charm.
That'll make you a man.
♪ [upbeat]
Uhh!
Aah!
Uhh!
Aah!
[muffled scream]
There.
Now you're a man.
Just like me.
[laughs]
♪ [circus music]
[whistles blowing]
[cheers and applause]
Ladies and gentlemen, Fenix, the boy magician!
♪ [brass band]
[applause]
Concha, queen of the flying trapeze!
Hanging by her own hair!
[applause]
[screams]
Put me down! Put me down!
Quick! Quick! Down! Down!
Quick. Quick.
Go away!
- Music! Music! - Concha!
[whistles blowing]
♪ [circus music]
Mommy! Mum!
Shh! Get in the trailer.
Keep quiet. Go!
[laughing]
Whoo hoo hoo!
Whoo whoo!
[laughing]
Come on, come on, come on.
Oh!
[laughing continues]
Whoo hoo hoo!
[both laughing]
[screaming]
[maniacal laughter]
Aaahhh!
[groans]
♪ [woman singing in Spanish]
[applause]
[groans]
[crying]
♪ [singing continues]
Come on.
No! No!
No!
[crying]
♪ [calliope]
Come here. Come on, come on.
Give me your hand.
Come along now.
Form a circle.
Good boy, Fenix.
Everybody wave. Hands up like this!
And now. . . we will have some fruit!
We'll have some fruit!
One for you. . .
♪ [calliope]
New friends, Fenix.
Rudolph.
Mauricio.
Daniel.
Marcos.
Dario.
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.
ls everybody here? Come on, Fenix.
Ah, yes. Robinson Crusoe, one of life's castaways, like us.
Yes. Good boy, Dario.
Good-bye. Good-bye.
l have to go with my grandmother.
Good-bye! We're going to the synagogue.
Hello, little boy. Nice little boy.
Good morning. l am Robinson Crusoe.
Bye! Enjoy the movie!
And don't worry, we will wait for you.
Come along.
Vengan, vengan. Come, l have a present for you.
Listen, this kind of stuff will make you sick.
lf you promise not to tell, l'll take you somewhere else
that's much more fun than the movies.
A little sniff of this--
[chuckles] . . .and we'll see.
Sniff.
Andele para adentro.
La buena.
Yes, yes.
Vamos, amigos.
♪ [Latin music on boom box]
♪ [singing in Spanish]
[turns music off]
Here.
There you go, Lores.
How much for the five pendejitos?
For all of them, $20.
Five for you, 1 5 for me.
Vengan, vengan chaparritos al hotel.
Mm. Me los voy a comer.
[Woman speaking Spanish]
♪ Uno, dos, tres ♪
♪ Quatro, cinco, seis ♪
♪ Siete, ocho ♪
♪ Ah whoa ♪
♪ Ah, hey ♪
♪ [Latin]
Fenix?
[groans]
- Have fun last night? - Mm-hmm.
How do you feel?
Good. Very good.
Now eat, hmm?
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 llorar ♪
♪ Tu me haces falta ♪
♪ Y jurano decartelo jamas ♪
♪ Yo quiero hacerte ♪
♪ Con mis lagrimas un collar de perlas ♪
♪ Dajame llorar ♪
♪ Porque hoy ya te perda ♪
♪ Queriendote olvidar ♪
♪ Me acuerdo mas ♪
♪ De ti ♪
[music playing, people chatting]
[chatter]
Come on in.
Sit over there!
Uhh!
lf l can get a proper drink. . .
- Come here now. - Give me that, brother.
Hey, come over, baby. Come on.
Yeah.
l'll give you another tattoo, baby!
[groans]
Where is his girl?
Where's his money?
First he's gotta see what he's paying for.
[scoffs]
She's a deaf-mute
so you can do whatever you want with her
and no one will hear her.
[gasps]
[humming softly]
[car horns honking]
[man shouting in Spanish]
Now, when she comes back, l'm gonna take care of you!
You little bitch!
Who are you!
Aah!
[groans]
♪ [man singing in Spanish]
♪ [singing continues]
Aladin.
Mr. Fenix.
Let's go.
♪ [Latin]
ln 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. . .
Aah!
And with all sorts of fruit.
Now, eat it.
And then
they knew sin.
Universal, universal sin!
[applause]
You were fantastic, Mom.
That's enough.
I'm so tired.
l want to get out of here.
Fenix.
With your hands
and my body. . .
we'll have an act that will be. . .sensational.
Come on. Come on.
Ladies and gentlemen, Rubi the Virgin!
[applause]
♪ Besame ♪
♪ Besame mucho ♪
♪ Como si fuera esta noche ♪
♪ La ultima vez ♪
♪ Besame ♪
♪ Besame mucho ♪
♪ Que tengo miedo a perderte... ♪
[Man] Ay-yi-yi!
[applause]
l've been thinking about your idea.
You have?
- Can we see each other later? - Sure.
- Here? - Mm.
l love your nose.
[gasps]
You scared me.
l was thinking. . .
how we could join. . .
your art. . .
and mine.
And a man like you always finds a way.
l will do anything you want.
First. . .
l will tie you to a wheel.
And I will throw knives at you.
One here.
And one here, next to your mouth
so you can kiss it with your lips.
And then. . .
the last one
here.
[moaning]
l will be afraid.
Don't worry, you'll love it. . .
because I will hypnotize you.
[moans]
Fenix!
You know what you have to do.
No, l don't want to!
This girl has defiled you with her lust.
No, Mum, it's not true! lt's 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.
Aaahhh!
Put her in the car.
And get a suitcase ready.
We are going home.
♪ [organ]
♪ [organ music continues]
[moaning]
Please.
Don't die.
Please.
Don't die.
Don't die, please.
Don't die.
Wake up!
You can't atone for your sins with nightmares.
Hmmph!
[yawns]
Bring me my robe.
Hurry!
l 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.
Hmmph!
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.
♪
[bangs on piano] No grace, no style!
You've got to move my fingers more elegantly.
All right.
Start again.
But I can't do it. I can't remember the melody.
l know that!
At least you remember the song of our patron saint.
Go on then, l want to play it.
♪ [upbeat]
♪ [singing in Spanish]
[clucking]
♪ [singing continues]
[chickens clucking]
♪ [singing continues]
Stop it!
It's always roosters or swans!
You never see anything else in your ridiculous hallucinations.
Urgh!
It's over, Mummy.
My angel.
Now let's sing.
Aladin.
♪
[both] ♪ Siento en el alma ♪
♪ Muchas ganas inmensas ♪
♪ De llorar ♪
♪ Tu me haces falta ♪
♪ Y juro no decartelo ♪
♪ Jamas ♪
♪ Yo quiero hacerte ♪
♪ Con mis lagrimas un ♪
♪ Collar de perlas ♪
♪ Dejame llorar ♪
♪ Porque hoy que te perdo ♪
♪ Queriendote olvidar ♪
♪ Me acuerdo mas ♪
♪ De ti ♪
[groans]
Ugghh!
[spits]
So you failed again?
- [groans] - Come here.
Come here!
Come!
I want to finish the stockings for Santa Lirio.
♪ [humming softly]
One, two, pause.
Oh, Mr. Fenix.
What a pleasure.
l--l have the things that you ordered .
Mercury,
sulfur,
boric trisulphate.
Oh, I'd really like to see your experiments, Mr. Fenix.
- Really? - Yes!
Why don't you invite me some time?
We could have dinner.
How about tonight?
I'll bring some flowers.
1 0:00 all right?
Yes, I guess so. l 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!
Could l dare you? Step up! The Saint. . .
Oh! Oh!
Mr. Fenix!
Mr. Fenix?
Mr. Fenix, what's happening to you?
Nothing. lt was just a hallucination.
[man speaking Spanish]
Huh?
Una foto? No, no.
No? No?
Aw .
Eh? There.
Bueno.
[grunting, punches landing]
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.
[humming]
[humming continues]
Ahem.
Mm, what are you doing here?
You're very nice.
What's the matter?
Don't you like me?
Yes.
l like you so much
that l would like to have you in my show.
Do you have your own company or theatre?
A little theatre in my house.
Hmm.
Would you like to take me there tonight?
For a quick rehearsal?
If it's not asking too much.
Hey, l like you.
You got a bottle on you, baby?
Ahh, perfect.
- [bottle shatters] - [laughs]
Shh!
[whistles]
Careful, Saint.
This is my theatre.
I like this strong and beautiful body of yours. . .
that could fight me off.
- Uhh! - Why should l , sugar, hmm?
Fenix? Where are you?
What's the matter with you?
Nothing. lt was only my imagination.
Ladies and. . .Ladies.
The show is about to begin!
Come, Lothar.
[gong]
You are about to witness the ultimate miracle,
the transformation of death into life.
[snaps fingers]
♪ [calliope]
I will change this mummy into 1 00 flying doves!
[gasps]
Uugghh!
[grunts]
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!
Aah!
Kill her!
Please...
break my arms.
Kill her!
Aah!
You crazy fool .
Use the sword.
♪ [calliope continues]
- Hyah! - Aah!
[laughs]
[weeping]
[gasps]
Forgive me.
Please forgive me.
What have l done?
[weeping]
[creaking]
Aah!
Alma.
l 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!
l order my hands to kill her!
No! No!
- Yes! - Uhh!
Cut off her arms!
Uugghh!
[creaking]
Cut off her arms!
ls anybody home?
Mr. Fenix?
Mr. Fenix!
[screams]
Somebody help me!
No!
Kill her!
- Uhnn! - Yes! Kill her!
- KiII her! - No!
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!
Now get out of my life!
Disappear!
You will never be free of me!
I'm inside of you!
[laughs]
[laughing continues]
Oh!
Mother.
♪ [woman singing in Spanish]
My mummy is dead.
No. No.
♪ Yo quiero hacerte ♪
♪ Con mis lagrimas un ♪
♪ Collar de perlas ♪
♪ Dejame llorar ♪
♪ Porque hoy que te perdo ♪
♪ Queriendote olvidar ♪
♪ Me acuerdo mas ♪
♪ De ti ♪
Throw her out the window.
Uh. . . 1 !
And 2!
And 3! And 4!
[Clown] A fire! Ha ha!
Whoo!
♪ La la la la la ♪
[applause]
Bravo!
Good-bye!
Mr. Fenix.
Aladin.
[sirens]
[Officer] Put your hands up!
My hands.
My... hands.
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