Die Beautiful

Die Beautiful (2016)

A glamorous life deserves a fabulous death.

Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake, but her conservative father wants to bury her as a man.

Date of release
2016-12-25
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (15)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Jun Robles Lana
Collection
The Die Beautiful Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

Die Beautiful is a film funded by Hong Kong – Asia Financing Forum and produced by Regal Entertainment, The IdeaFirst Company, and Octobertrain Films. The film was directed by Jun Robles Lana and produced by Lily Monteverde, Roselle Monteverde and Perci Intalan.

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