Warla
2025·Drama·1h 23m
7.1
★
A group of transgender women belonging to a gang kidnaps foreign men to fund their gender-affirming surgeries, not knowing that their quest to free themselves to be who they are may end with them in prison.
Directed by Kevin Z. Alambra
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Cast
Lance Reblando
Kit-Kat
KaladKaren
Joice
Serena Magiliw
Barbie Ann
Valeria Kurihara
Luningning
Jacky Woo
Isamu
Dimples Romana
Ester
Bernie Barrantes
Heart
Jess Mendoza
Joice's Brother
Floyd Tena
Tomas
Gold Aceron
Kuya
Vitex Paguirigan
Charlotte
Rocky Labayen
Lance
Crew
Neil Daza
Director of Photography
Sheron R. Dayoc
Producer
Iana Bernardez
Producer
Sheron R. Dayoc
Executive Producer
Redsh Alba
Art Direction
Marxie Maolen Fadul
Production Design
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
David
6.0★ · 10/04/25
Wanted more out of this, especially in terms of foley (why were the punches and the baseball bat silent?), but its ensemble was great together.
Portrayals of the LGBTQIA+ experience will always do something for me. As someone who was 13 when he watched Die Beautiful on its opening day, and was quite frankly shocked by how defeatist it was looking back, watching this as a 22 year old in 2025 made me realize how we’ve come so far.
The ending is appropriate, and much of the lived experiences portrayed in this film still occur on a day to day basis.
It also feels heavy-handed at times, but I maintain that being heavy-handed for certain matters is the best way to go. For this film, it was appropriate, as transgender individuals still tend to be demonized, ridiculed, or mocked.
If being heavy-handed is the way to change perceptions of transgender individuals, then I am all for it. This film can be aptly described as “malayo na, but malayo pa.”
Transgender representation has come a long way since 2016, the year Die Beautiful came out, but this film proves we still have a long way to go.
Portrayals of the LGBTQIA+ experience will always do something for me. As someone who was 13 when he watched Die Beautiful on its opening day, and was quite frankly shocked by how defeatist it was looking back, watching this as a 22 year old in 2025 made me realize how we’ve come so far.
The ending is appropriate, and much of the lived experiences portrayed in this film still occur on a day to day basis.
It also feels heavy-handed at times, but I maintain that being heavy-handed for certain matters is the best way to go. For this film, it was appropriate, as transgender individuals still tend to be demonized, ridiculed, or mocked.
If being heavy-handed is the way to change perceptions of transgender individuals, then I am all for it. This film can be aptly described as “malayo na, but malayo pa.”
Transgender representation has come a long way since 2016, the year Die Beautiful came out, but this film proves we still have a long way to go.
Wanted more out of this, especially in terms of foley (why were the punches and the baseball bat silent?), but its ensemble was great together.
Portrayals of the LGBTQIA+ experience will always do something for me. As someone who was 13 when he watched Die Beautiful on its opening day, and was quite frankly shocked by how defeatist it was looking back, watching this as a 22 year old in 2025 made me realize how we’ve come so far.
The ending is appropriate, and much of the lived experiences portrayed in this film still occur on a day to day basis.
It also feels heavy-handed at times, but I maintain that being heavy-handed for certain matters is the best way to go. For this film, it was appropriate, as transgender individuals still tend to be demonized, ridiculed, or mocked.
If being heavy-handed is the way to change perceptions of transgender individuals, then I am all for it. This film can be aptly described as “malayo na, but malayo pa.”
Transgender representation has come a long way since 2016, the year Die Beautiful came out, but this film proves we still have a long way to go.
Portrayals of the LGBTQIA+ experience will always do something for me. As someone who was 13 when he watched Die Beautiful on its opening day, and was quite frankly shocked by how defeatist it was looking back, watching this as a 22 year old in 2025 made me realize how we’ve come so far.
The ending is appropriate, and much of the lived experiences portrayed in this film still occur on a day to day basis.
It also feels heavy-handed at times, but I maintain that being heavy-handed for certain matters is the best way to go. For this film, it was appropriate, as transgender individuals still tend to be demonized, ridiculed, or mocked.
If being heavy-handed is the way to change perceptions of transgender individuals, then I am all for it. This film can be aptly described as “malayo na, but malayo pa.”
Transgender representation has come a long way since 2016, the year Die Beautiful came out, but this film proves we still have a long way to go.
dre
7.0★ · 10/08/25