Her versatility led her to cross borders, most notably handpicked by legendary South Korean director .

If acting in a Brillante Mendoza film requires endurance, acting in a Lav Diaz film requires asceticism. Diaz’s films are notoriously long (often exceeding six hours), shot in black and white, and meditative on Philippine history.

A charming afterlife rom-com. Cabral plays a cynical “Purgatory receptionist.” Notable Moment: A late-night conversation with a newly dead old man. Her character admits she’s been in purgatory for 50 years because she can’t forgive her mother. The moment she says, “Galit lang ang dala-dala ko… nakalimutan ko na kung bakit” (“All I carry is anger… I’ve forgotten why”), she lets a single tear fall but wipes it away angrily. It’s a tiny, perfect beat of sadness and stubbornness.