Irma Adlawan

Acting

Irma Adlawan

Born 1962-03-07 · Tondo, Manila, Philippines

Irma Adlawan is a Filipino stage, film, and television actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, she is known to mainstream audiences for her work in independent films and primetime soap operas.

Acting credits

Santa Santita poster
8.0

After taking up with a charming cab driver, a wild and hedonistic teenage girl returns home to succeed her mother as a prayer woman.

Santa Santita

2004

Sta. Niña poster
5.0

When Paulino Mungcal and his co-worker in a lahar-filled quarry unexpectedly dig up the remains of his 2-year daughter Marikit, they discover that she showed no signs of decay. Could this be a miracle, and could she -- despite death – cure the sick? Inspired by whatever healing power the deceased child may have, Pol asks the church to declare her a saint. But how, when her resurgence stirs up emotions buried by time, and shores up questions about pure love, guilt, sin and salvation?

Sta. Niña

2012

Amigo poster
4.9

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.

Amigo

2011

Heavenly Touch poster
5.8

Jonard is having trouble making ends meet. His mother is suffering from depression, and he and his sister are forced to quit school in order to take care of her. One day, Jonard meets up his friend Rodel, and Rodel introduces him to the world of massage parlors. Rodel teaches him massage, and brings him to Heavenly Touch, a syndicate-run massage parlor that mostly caters to homosexuals.

Heavenly Touch

2009

Enjoy Your Stay poster
7.2

To avoid losing custody of her six-year-old daughter in Manila, Luz, an undocumented Filipina cleaner working in a luxury Swiss ski resort, must earn money at any cost – even if it means transgressing her own moral limits.

Enjoy Your Stay

2026

Sisid poster
5.0

A marine biologist tasked to rehabilitate a fish sanctuary, falls for Dennis, his diving assistant. The situation takes an unexpected turn when Jason's wife, Abby, finds out of the clandestine relationship between Jason and Dennis.

Sisid

2022

La Querida poster
3.6

A young couple's romance is cut short when the man learns that his woman is married. Meanwhile, an unhappily married husband meets a lonely teacher and they share an illicit affair.

La Querida

2023

Kaliwaan poster
4.4

Boogie almost kills the man his girlfriend, Monica, hooked up with. His cop uncle helps him hide, but unknown to them his victim's family is putting justice into their own hands.

Kaliwaan

2022

Forevermore poster
NR

A spoiled rich boy sent to province who meets a hardworking poor girl, and through constant clashes and shared struggles, they grow as individuals and eventually fall in love despite their different worlds.

Forevermore

2014

Melancholia poster
7.2

Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.

Melancholia

2008

Off World poster
2.0

Follows a young Toronto man whose life is utterly transformed during a journey to his birthplace of Smokey Mountain, one of The Philippines' most notorious slums.

Off World

2009

Grand Gestures poster
2.0

John flies home to furniture in one corner, the dining table arranged for guests, and their bedrooms removed of its function– he comes home to his father’s funeral. With his mom Leia, they learn how to put together what was removed and rearranged.

Grand Gestures

2020

The Unmarried Wife poster
5.0

A woman is torn between trying to save her failing marriage or pursuing the possibility of a new love.

The Unmarried Wife

2016

Larger Than Life poster
4.6

A mother and her daughter—who are both victims of incest-rape perpetrated by the same man now languishing in jail—are approached by a couple of filmmakers with an offer to produce a movie based on the two women’s true story. They hesitate on the idea at first but agree eventually for the sum of money they will be paid in exchange for selling the rights to the material. When the finished film is finally shown in theaters, they proceed to the city all the way from their hometown to catch the screening. They are elated at the prospect of seeing the larger-than-life versions of themselves. But as the motion picture gradually unfolds before their very eyes, they instead go through another harrowing experience of a lifetime.

Larger Than Life

2001

Panahon Na poster
NR

A Hyperlink Movie about the choices and actions of a diverse group of people and about the question if it is possible to change your destiny.

Panahon Na

2009

Island Dreams poster
6.0

An unaccredited tour guide and a heartbroken tourist form a romantic bond as they explore the wilds of Philippine Islands.

Island Dreams

2013

José Rizal poster
8.8

Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.

José Rizal

1998

Mutya poster
NR

Set in the present, the film tells the story of Mutya, a shy young transgender woman who works as a gardener at a resort south of Manila. She takes care of the blind mother of her OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) seafarer boyfriend, Kerel. The film is anchored in their phone conversation, which may or may not be real, and becomes a catalyst for the manifestation of their individual anxieties and desires reflected in a dream like visual journey.

Mutya

2021

Milan poster
6.4

Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.

Milan

2004

I'm Drunk, I Love You poster
7.3

Days before graduation, two college best friends go on one last road trip where they settle how they really feel for each other.

I'm Drunk, I Love You

2017

Ataul: For Rent poster
1.0

Ataul for Rent is a narrative social satire movie depicting the lives of the slum dwellers of "Kalyehong Walang Lagusan", a very narrow, congested, miserable alley/compound in a typical squatter's area. The story revolves around the lives of a live-in couple who owns a small-time funeral parlor renting out coffins of four different sizes, small, medium, large and extra small. Guido, the owner, doubles as the embalmer, while his partner, Pining, does the make-up and uses the same implements for both the dead and the living and is the jueteng kubrador of the neighborhood. Gossipers, gamblers, drunkards, drug addicts, ex-convicts, prostitutes, snatchers and other notorious characters regularly hang out in the funeral wake/s of the alley either drinking alcohol, in the gaming table, or just gossiping around. These personalities, having been born and growing up in this kind of environment, see themselves as having the right to abuse their own bodies and cause untold miseries to others.

Ataul: For Rent

2007

Imagine You & Me poster
7.0

Two Filipinos who coincidentally cross paths in the romantic city of Italy.

Imagine You & Me

2016

The Rapture of Fe poster
6.7

Fe returns home to the Philippines after several years of working overseas, her job a victim of global economic shifts. Fe is initially greeted with affection by her husband Dante, but he has a long history of domestic violence fueled by rage and long-term impotence, and Fe quickly discovers her time away has not changed him. Dante works in a factory making baskets, and Fe soon joins him there; she becomes the lover of Arturo, the man who manages the basket company, but while Arturo treats her well, he's still under the thumb of his father who owns the factory. Meanwhile, an unknown admirer sends her parcels of strange black fruit on a regular basis. Torn between two men who cannot give her what she needs and wants, Fe's frustration leads to take desperate steps to establish her independence.

The Rapture of Fe

2009

Sampung Utos Kay Josh poster
9.0

Josh, a devout loan executive who believes his faith and adherence to the Ten Commandments have brought him a good life. However, when a series of misfortunes strike. Josh begins to feel abandoned by his faith. In his frustration, he decides to rebel by breaking each commandment.

Sampung Utos Kay Josh

2025