Die Beautiful (2016)
- Directed by
- Jun Lana
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Philippines
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R-13
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After a trans woman wins a beauty pageant and dies suddenly, her friends hold a wake where they transform her into different personas each night to prevent her father from burying her as a man. The film flashes back to show her life, struggles, and triumphs as a Filipina transgender woman.
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What happens
Die Beautiful is a Filipino LGBT comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Jun Robles Lana and written by Rody Vera from Lana's story concept. It stars Paolo Ballesteros as Trisha, a trans woman who suddenly died after she was crowned winner of a gay beauty pageant, and her friends, who transform her into a different person on each night of her wake in a different location as a way to avoid being buried as a man by her father. It also tackles her whole life when she felt and dealt with problems and successes in living as a Filipina transgender, as well as controversy in her family. Produced by Octobertrain Films and The IdeaFirst Company and distributed by Regal Entertainment, the film premiered in Tokyo, Japan, on October 27, 2016, as a competing entry for the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival. It received a domestic theatrical release on December 25, as an official entry to the 42nd Metro Manila Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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