Tattoos in Memory (Spanish: Tatuajes en la memoria) is a 2024 Peruvian drama film directed by Luis Llosa from a screenplay written by Mario Vargas Llosa,[1] based on the autobiographical book Memorias de un soldado desconocido by Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez.
[2] It is about a former terrorist and soldier seeking redemption by becoming a Franciscan priest.
[4] A boy from Ayacucho is orphaned and, following his older brother, joins the Shining Path, where he trains in violence.
Tormented by blood, he seeks one last hope by becoming a Franciscan priest and then a prominent anthropologist.
[5] Principal photography began on October 24, 2022,[6] and ended on November 25, 2022, in Huanta, Ayacucho in Peru.