Rapsa (2025)

Rapsa is a 2025 Filipino drama film directed by Topel Lee and written by Frederick Castro. The story delves into the complexities of attraction, power dynamics, and emotional vulnerability within a modern workplace setting. At its core, the film explores how deep desires and blurred boundaries can complicate professional and personal relationships.

The film follows Ella, a beautiful and confident manager, who finds herself drawn to one of her employees, Ariel, a naïve and unsuspecting young woman. What begins as harmless flirtation slowly develops into a passionate affair that neither of them can resist. As their secret relationship intensifies, both women find themselves grappling with conflicting emotions, jealousy, and the consequences of their choices.

Rapsa presents a raw and intimate portrayal of human connection, confronting the fragility of emotional control when lines between authority and affection become indistinct. With bold performances and unflinching direction, the film aims to spark conversation around gender, love, and identity in contemporary Filipino society.

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Offering a provocative narrative with striking performances, Rapsa invites audiences to reflect on the complexities of desire, authority, and emotional entanglement in modern relationships.