''Father Jejemon'' is a 2010 Philippine comedy drama film produced under RVQ Productions. The film directed by Frank Gray Jr. stars Dolphy.

Cast

* Dolphy as Fr. Jeremiah "Jejemon" Jerome Montes. The new parish priest of Parmbil with an unconventional approach, attire and demeanor. He speaks in Jejemon slang, has an affinity to rock music, and loves to organize talent competitions and other novel events for the youth in his parish. * Cherie Gil as Violeta. She is not fond of Father Jejemon and wants him out as the town's parish priest. *

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as Isabel, Violeta's teenage daughter who support's Father Jejemon's endeavors. * Roy Alvarez as Mr. P, a rich manipulative businessman who seeks to control Parmbil. *

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as Luis, Mr. P's son who is also a suitor of Isabel. * Nash Aguas as Carlo *

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as Fr. Baby, Jejemon's predecessor * Moymoy and Roadfil as Moy and Moy

Premise

The town of Parmbil had its parish priest changed. Fr. Jeremiah Jerome Montes, better known as Fr. Jejemon succeeds Fr. Baby whose health is deteroiating. The townsfolk does not immediately accept Fr. Jejemon. The new parish priest works on to gain the acceptance of the resident of Parmbil. The priest also deals with Mr. P, a rich businessman who seeks control over the town.

Production

Development

''Father Jejemon'' was produced under RVQ Productions with Frank Gray Jr. as its director. The film is Gray's first work since the 1977 film ''Omeng Satanasia'' Bibeth Orteza and Rhandy Reyes did the screenplay. Dominican priest Larry Faraon served as a story consultant. Dolphy came up with the idea to create a film about a priest. His long time dream is to portray the role of a priest. He got the idea from his uncle who was a priest. Dolphy was initially hesitant of the idea due to fear of the film being subject to

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but his uncle offered him to help write the script. The idea was put on hold when his uncle died.

Communion scenes

However the film still received controversy from leaders of the Roman Catholic church in the Philippines for scenes involving the communion; one scene where the priest accidentally drops a

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between a woman's breast, and another where the host was snagged by a person with their false teeth. The

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received a complaint over these contentious scenes. Fr. Faraon greenlit the scenes reasoning that these kind of scenarios actually happen in real life. Nevertheless, these scenes were voluntarily edited out by the production studio for the theatrical release. The film passed a second review by the MTRCB.

Release

''Father Jejemon'' was released in the Philippines on December 25, 2010 as one of the official entries of the

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1789759 Christianity-related controversies in film Religious controversies in the Philippines Philippine comedy-drama films Films about Catholic priests