Chris Merola

Interview: Director Chris Merola on exploring his truth in Lemonade Blessing, the dichotomy of comedy and religion, and casting against the grain

Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Lemonade Blessing is a biting coming-of-age comedy about John (Jake Ryan), freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his devout mother, who falls head over heels for a devious classmate ready to push his faith (and morals) to the brink with a series of increasingly uncomfortable…

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Lemonade Blessing transcends its coming-of-age teen comedy confines with a truthful layering: Tribeca Film Festival Review

Finding truth in the absurd and writing what you know are so often two rules that filmmakers adhere to, and both apply heartily for writer/director Chris Merola, who speaks his veracity in Lemonade Blessing, a coming-of-age dramedy centred around religion and how one responds to its pressures. Inspired by his own childhood growing up under…

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