Director Joel Lamangan recalls heated discussions with MTRCB over controversial gay flick 'My Father, Myself'

During the presscon for his upcoming movie held at Novotel Manila on Thursday, Nov. 24, Lamangan said that he fought for R-16 classification of his latest movie with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board but ended up receiving R-18 classification. This means that the movie is suitable for viewers 18 years old and above.

“Ang lahat ng pelikulang Pilipino ay pinapasok sa MTRCB upang kanilang i-classify. Walang hindi pinapasok. Ang hindi lang pinapasok ay yung mga hindi pinapalabas a mainstream theaters. “Eto lang ang masasabi ko. Ako ang may pinakamaraming MMFF na pelikula sa kasaysayan. Ito ang kauna-unahan kong MMFF na R-18. Napakagandang karanasan kasi first time,” he added. “Kaya isang malaking karangalan na ako ay R-18. Marami naman sinehan kung hindi puwede sa iba.”

“See the movie first, before you judge it. There was no intention to offend anyone in any way. We just wanted to tell a story. A different kind of love. A colorful life of a family,” the director said.But this early, many movie fans believe that Cuenca could be a top contender for the best actor award in this year’s MMFF.

“Noon pa naman anak-anakan na ko ni Direk Joel. So everytime nagko-cross ang landas namin ni direk, I always go back to him as my mentor. Noon talaga takot na takot ako kay direk kasi he’s passionate and alam naman natin lahat yan. So kapag makakatrabaho mo siya, you just have to understand his process. So ako noong bata pa ako, nanginginig pa ako nun direk. Lagi niyang sinasabi sa akin noon ‘Dimples bakit ka ba umiiyak rehearsals pa lang?’ Sabi ko naman ‘kasi direk ayoko pong masigawan.

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