Die Beautiful

Die Beautiful
Die Beautiful
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jun Robles Lana;
Screenplay by	Rody Vera
Story by	Jun Robles Lana
Produced by	Jun Robles Lana; Ferdinand Lapuz; Perci M. Intalan;
Starring	Paolo Ballesteros; Christian Bables; Joel Torre; Gladys Reyes; Luis Alandy; Albie Casiño;
Cinematography	Carlo Mendoza
Edited by	Benjamin Tolentino
Music by	Richard Gonzales
Production; companies	Octobertrain Films; The IdeaFirst Company;
Distributed by	Regal Entertainment
Release dates	October 27, 2016 (TIFF); December 25, 2016 (MMFF);
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Philippines
Languages	Filipino; English;
Budget	₱15 million
Box office	₱98 million; (Official 2016 MMFF run); ₱110 million; (Official Worldwide Run)

Die Beautiful is a Filipino LGBT comedy-drama film produced and directed by Jun Robles Lana and co-produced by Ferdinand Lapuz and Perci M. Intalan, from a story by Jun Lana and screenplay by Rody Vera. 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 on living as a Filipina transgender as well as controversy in her family.

The film had its premiere at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 27, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan and it became an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival.

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