Anita’s Last Cha-Cha

Completed2013Philippines112 min

Anita grows up in a Philippine town where family expectations, religious celebration and neighbourhood gossip shape everyday life. The arrival…Read more +Read less −

Anita grows up in a Philippine town where family expectations, religious celebration and neighbourhood gossip shape everyday life. The arrival of Pilar, an adult woman returning after years away, gives her imagination a new centre. Anita’s crush is intense and one-sided, bringing excitement as well as confusion to a period when she is beginning to recognize her own desires. Friends and relatives respond through their own assumptions, often making the world seem more contradictory than their advice suggests. Framed through memories of childhood, the comedy approaches queer self-discovery with affection and an eye for the social life surrounding it. The story follows a young protagonist learning that growing up involves understanding feelings before she has an easy vocabulary for them.

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Comedy Drama

Sapphic characters & cast

Therese Malvar

as Anita

Main sapphic character

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Details & credits

Country: Philippines
Language: Filipino, Tagalog
Premiere: 2014-03-09
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: Sigrid Andrea Bernardo

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Last researched 2026-10-31. Editorially approved.

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