Die Beautiful
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Lily Monteverde
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| Screenplay by | Rody Vera |
| Story by | Jun Robles Lana |
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| Music by | Richard Gonzales |
| Cinematography | Carlo Mendoza |
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| Distributed by | Regal Entertainment |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
Die Beautiful is a Filipino comedy-drama film directed by Jun Robles Lana and produced by Lily Monteverde, Roselle Monteverde and Perci Intalan starring Paolo Ballesteros.
The film had its premiere at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 27, 2016 and is an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival.
The movie begins with the flashback of a home video showing a young Trisha Echevarria (Paolo Ballesteros), whose real name is Patrick, modelling and wearing different improvised costumes representing different countries in their beauty pageant role-play at home with fellow gay friends. Patrick's sexuality and his dream to become a beauty queen were greatly opposed by his father (Joel Torre) that in the end of the video, he is seen barging in and stopping them.
At present, Trisha is already dead. She died after collapsing during her pictorials as the newly crowned Binibining Gay Pilipinas. Her wake is being held at Happy Endings Funeral Homes under the care of her gay friends. Everyday, Trisha undergoes makeup transformations into different female celebrities, which she owes to the makeup skills of her best friend Barbs (Christian Bables) which they enjoyed doing together as they were growing up when Trisha was still alive.
Trisha's adopted daughter Shirley Mae (Inah de Belen) arrives with her boyfriend and cries as she sees her mother in the coffin. She apologizes to her adoptive mother for rebelling against her before when Trisha unceasingly pursued her to join beauty pageants even if Shirley Mae didn't want to do so anymore. She tells Barbs that she is pregnant, thus making her unable to fulfill Trisha's dream for her to be a beauty queen.
Meanwhile, Iza Calzado who crowned Trisha in Binibining Gay Pilipinas also visits the wake at the time when Trisha's make-up transformation is Iza's face. In another makeup transformation, the gay funeral parlor owner, Flora (Lou Veloso), was amazed by the Trisha's look and asks for a selfie with the corpse dressed as Miley Cyrus. Flora later uploads the picture on Facebook without Barbs' consent. The photo goes viral, making Trisha's wake an attraction even for people who did not know her in life, much to Barbs' disapproval.
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