{"id":437,"date":"2025-11-13T00:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:06:59","slug":"the-holy-scoundrel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/showcase\/the-holy-scoundrel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Scoundrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eb95d17d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FEATURE FILM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Holy Scoundrel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Main Course Films provided Budgeting, Scheduling, Equipment and full Post-Production.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/low-budget-feature-film-workflow-in-2024-shooting-the-holy-scoundrel-on-a-shoestring\/\">Read about the Shoot of The Holy Scoundrel <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/from-camera-to-cinema-post-production-of-the-holy-scoundrel\/\">Read about the Post Production of The Holy Scoundrel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1998 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1998\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Socials3.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the_holy_scoundrel_-_trailer_v1-1080p.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:16px\"><strong><em> <\/em>A modern noir thriller with a crooked smile.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its heart, is a story of accountability inside institutions meant to protect us, and the moral courage it takes to bring truth to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A detective story where the villain is a priest, the battleground is a brothel, and the showdown is a wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">The Film<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">While the film tackles corruption and the abuse of power it does so with irony, wit and deeply human stakes.  The collision of faith, family, and betrayal culminates not in a courtroom, but at a wedding altar &#8211; a symbol of purity disrupted by exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The humor is deliberate: its tempers the darkness, grounds the characters, and mirrors the absurdity of real-world hypocrisy.  This is not a story of cynicism, but of resilience, where truth is dragged into the open by those with nothing left to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Impact &amp; Recognition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Official Selection<strong> Bournemouth International Film Festival (UK) <\/strong>and <strong>Finalist for Best International Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022&nbsp;Official Selection, <strong>Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEATURE FILM The Holy Scoundrel Main Course Films provided Budgeting, Scheduling, Equipment and full Post-Production. Read about the Shoot of The Holy Scoundrel Read about the Post Production of The Holy Scoundrel A modern noir thriller with a crooked smile. At its heart, is a story of accountability inside institutions meant to protect us, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":344,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions\/1565"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maincoursefilms.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}