The Woman Behind the Tattoo Artist

Synopsis

Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok unravels the multiple layers of the almost mythological figure-living legend, Fang Od, a 92 year old woman who has been called the ‘Last [Traditional] Tattoo Artist of Kalinga.’ The first layer of the story is the one she is most famous for-being a tattoo artist. At her eyes, she continues to exhibit sharpness and precision in the very demanding art and skill of tattooing. The second layer shows her many stories as woman who has reached the age of looking back. She regales us with stories of her many suitors, of her youth, the dancing and the feasts. She also looks back with not just a tinge of regret that she never married nor had children of her own. Her body covered in tattoos is a landscape on its own mirroring the map of a woman who has chosen wittingly or unwittingly a road diverging from convention and in the process became a culture-bearer.

Main Cast

Fang Od

Herself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Lauren Sevilla Faustino
Crew	Cinematography	Mark Lester Valle Marco Felipe Villas Lopez
Editing	Editor	Carla Pulido Ocampo
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