director: Orit Ronell
producer: Ayelet Kait & Amir Harel, Lama Films
cinematographer: Meni Elias
screenwriter: Orit Ronell
runtime: 65min
language: Arabic, Hebrew, English
Year of Production: 2022
Countries of Production: Israel \ England \ USA
International Sales Agent: Lama Films
The sole heir of 500 years lineage of tattoo artists that have been tattooing pilgrims in Jerusalem finds that his family hides some dark secrets.
After becoming the sole heir of a 700-year old of a dynasty of Christian tattoo artists from the Old City of Jerusalem who has tattooed pilgrims for hundreds of years, Wassim Razzouk sets out to complete the family’s collection of historic wooden stencils before they are lost forever. On his journey he explores the mystery of their disappearance and discovers that his family conceals not only wooden stencils but dark secrets.
After becoming the sole heir of a 700-year old of a dynasty of Christian tattoo artists from the Old City of Jerusalem who has tattooed pilgrims for hundreds of years, Wassim Razzouk sets out to complete the family’s collection of historic wooden stencils before they are lost forever. On his journey he discovers that his family conceals not only wooden stencils but dark secrets.