''Jologs'' is a 2002 Filipino teen,

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directed by Gilbert Perez and released by Star Cinema. The film featured an ensemble cast as well as cameos from well-known Filipino celebrities. Jologs is a Filipino pejorative that is used to describe a tawdry person who belongs to the lower class.

Plot

The first character shown is Ruben ( John Prats). A college student, his job at Barako Café owned by Trigger ( Onemig Bondoc) is not nearly enough to pay his tuition. Having lost his scholarship on a technicality, Ruben resorts to burglary at his father's house in order to cover his educational expenses. What ensues is a comedic overly choreographed fight-scene complete with wire work and overdone martial arts action. Shona (Michelle Bayle) leaves her daughter and her boyfriend Mando (played by Diether Ocampo) in order to return to work in Japan as an exotic dancer. Her predicament exemplifies the situation of every Filipino person who has come to the realization that life in the Philippines often does not allow the working person to earn money enough to save for a better living. Cher ( Baron Geisler) is a

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who, because of her sexuality, becomes the victim of violent

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aggression. His performance, while exaggeratedly comic, touches on the ugliness of homophobia and sexual discrimination. And yet the issue is never resolved, because Cher’s attackers are not punished for their hate crime. Neither is Shona condemned for abandoning her child in this instance of labor export from the Philippines, and the effects that it has on the people who must be left. Ruben’s moral and practical

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remains unresolved as well. The lives of three couples: Iza ( Assunta de Rossi) and Iñigo ( Dominic Ochoa), Kulas (

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) and Joan (

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), and Dino ( Patrick Garcia) and Faith ( Jodi Sta. Maria) deal with objectification, unrequited love, and first sexual experiences, respectively.

Cast

Main roles

* Diether Ocampo as Mando * Patrick Garcia as Dino *

as Kulas * Onemig Bondoc as Trigger * Dominic Ochoa as Iñigo * John Prats as Ruben * Jodi Sta. Maria as Faith *

as Joan * Baron Geisler as Cher *Michelle Bayle as Shona * Assunta De Rossi as Iza

Supporting roles

* Matt Ranillo III as Mr. Morales *Jean Saburit as Mrs. Morales *Maribeth Bichara as Mrs. Chavez *

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as Juanito *

Nikki Valdez Ma. Alinica "Nikki" Valdez-Garcia (born January 25, 1979) is a Filipino people, Filipino actress and singer. Career In the Philippine music scene she was known for a ballad titled "Meron Ba?", composed for the soundtrack of ''G-Mik the Movie' ...

as Iza's friend * Denise Joaquin as Iza's friend *Sean Ignacio as Bryan *Farrah Florer as Violeta * Perla Bautista as Ruben's grandmother

Cameos

* Kris Aquino as herself *Robert Joshua Danao as the

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master * Bobet Vidanes as the Game KNB? contestant *

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as a customer of Barako Cafe *

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as a customer of Barako Cafe * Camille Prats as pedestrian * Heart Evangelista as a pedestrian * Angelica Panganiban the girl carrying the birthday cake of Dino *

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as the airport official *Gabe Mercado as the Pastor * Carlo Muñoz as the taxi driver * Christian Vasquez as Joan's boyfriend * Regine Tolentino as the restaurant waitress * Justin Cuyugan as a bus conductor * Bearwin Meily as the village guard *Hyubs Azarcon as the village guard * Andrea del Rosario as the student assistant *Minnie Aguilar as the guidance councilor * Carlo Aquino as Dino's birthday guest * Janus Del Prado as birthday guest * Nicole Anderson as birthday guest * Sarah Christophers as birthday guest *Kristopher Peralta as frat-man *Don Laurel as frat-man *Lui Villaruz as Barako Cafe security guard *

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as KTV customers

Production

Development

The script for the film was selected for the top prize at the first annual Star Cinema Scriptwriting Contest.

Post-Production

The majority of the

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were handled by Roadrunner Network, Inc. The titles were handled by Cinemagic. The films were printed by LVN Pictures.

Soundtrack

The original

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of the film was composed and conducted by Jesse Lucas. Jologs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack album of the film published by Star Records. The soundtrack features songs from well-known Filipino artists including Roselle Nava,

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and

. The theme song entitled "Next In Line" was originally sung by Wency Cornejo of the band

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, it was re-recorded specifically for the film by the band Stagecrew. Another track from the film is a song entitled "Jologs" performed by the rapper Gloc-9.

Release

Home media

The Region-3 DVD of the film was released on January 17, 2006, by Star Home Video.

Recognitions

2003 Gawad Urian Awards

*Nominated Best Actor for Vhong Navarro *Nominated Best Editing for Vito Cajili *Nominated Best Music for Jesse Lucas *Nominated Best Screenplay for Ned Trespeces

References

External links

* *{{rotten-tomatoes, jologs Philippine teen films Star Cinema films