Jologs
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The original DVD cover.
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| Directed by | Gilbert Perez |
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| Screenplay by | Ned Trespeces |
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Diether Ocampo Patrick Garcia Vhong Navarro Assunta de Rossi John Prats Jodi Sta. Maria Baron Geisler Dominic Ochoa Onemig Bondoc Julia Clarete Michelle Bayle |
| Music by | Jesse Lucas |
| Cinematography | Miguel V. Fabulous III |
| Edited by | Vito Cajili |
| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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110 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
| Box office | PHP 74 million |
Jologs is a 2002 Filipino teen, comedy-drama film 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.
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 son 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 drag queen who, because of her sexuality, becomes the victim of violent homophobic 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 dilemma remains unresolved as well.
The lives of three couples: Iza (Assunta de Rossi) and Iñigo (Dominic Ochoa), Kulas (Vhong Navarro) and Joan (Julia Clarete), and Dino (Patrick Garcia) and Faith (Jodi Sta. Maria) deal with objectification, unrequited love, and first sexual experiences, respectively.
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