Lemonade Blessing

Lemonade Blessing

Director: Chris Merola
Country: USA

German Premiere
2025 | 100 min. | English
Subtitles: German SDH
FSK 12

Cast_ Jake Ryan, Skye Alyssa Friedman, Jeanine Serralles, Myles J. Harvey, Michael Olyoede Screenplay_ Chris Merola Camera_ Harrison Kraft Producer_ Samuel Ashurov, Chris Merola, Raza Rizvi, Aruba Sulzana Rights_ Submarine Entertainment

Sent to a Catholic high school by his devoutly religious mother, John falls head over heels for a free-spirited classmate – who increasingly challenges his faith.

John’s mother has given him a strict Catholic upbringing. Now she’s sending him to the appropriate high school. It’s there, of all places, that he meets Lilith, a classmate who doesn’t take matters of faith all too seriously – quite the opposite. Nevertheless, or perhaps for this very reason, he is drawn to her. Indeed, the two quickly grow close. In the name of love, though, Lilith deliberately urges John toward increasingly radical actions that he finds ever more difficult to reconcile with his religious upbringing.

An authentic coming-of-age story and a playful, witty sex comedy that always takes the inner conflicts of its characters seriously. Behold the suffering of young John, as he is torn between Catholicism, everyday sexism, and first love!

Director

Like everyone involved in this film, screenwriter, director, and producer Chris Merola belongs to Generation Z. He comes from Long Island, New York. He recently completed his MFA in Film and Television Production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. ›Lemonade Blessing‹ is Merola’s first feature.

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