The Monk from the Holy Land
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The Monk from the Holy Land
63-year-old Jonathan Katzenelson leads a double life. As a dentist, he travels to Jerusalem every morning to care for his patients. When he returns home in the evening, he puts on a crimson robe and becomes Tenzin Teckchock, a Buddhist monk and the head of an Israeli Buddhist community. With the death of his father, Jonathan is finally free to fulfill his heart’s desire – to immigrate to the ‘Nalanda’ Monastery in the South of France.
Director: Nizan Lotem
Producer: Ealeal Semel
Cinematographer: Nizan Lotem
Editor: Noa Gottesman
Soundtrack Editor: Shahaf Wagshal
Original Soundtrack: Tenzin Choegyal
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Department of Film and Television Tel Aviv Universaty
Colourist / Online Editor: Idan Shason
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: הנזיר מארץ הקודש
Category: Immigration / Israeli Society / Religion
Tag Words: Buddhism France Immigration Israel Jew-Bu Jewboo Jewbu Jewish Buddhist Monastery monk nalanda post-trauma
63-year-old Jonathan Katzenelson leads a double life. As a dentist, he travels to Jerusalem every morning to care for his patients. When he returns home in the evening, he puts on a crimson robe and becomes Tenzin Teckchock, a Buddhist monk and the head of an Israeli Buddhist community. With the death of his father, Jonathan is finally free to fulfill his heart’s desire – to immigrate to the ‘Nalanda’ Monastery in the South of France.
Director: Nizan Lotem
Producer: Ealeal Semel
Cinematographer: Nizan Lotem
Editor: Noa Gottesman
Soundtrack Editor: Shahaf Wagshal
Original Soundtrack: Tenzin Choegyal
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Department of Film and Television Tel Aviv Universaty
Colourist / Online Editor: Idan Shason
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: הנזיר מארץ הקודש
Category: Immigration / Israeli Society / Religion
Tag Words: Buddhism France Immigration Israel Jew-Bu Jewboo Jewbu Jewish Buddhist Monastery monk nalanda post-trauma
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