EUGENE DOMINGO is happy to be paired with Tom Rodriguez in the new fresh episode of “Dear Uge” entitled “Read My Heart”, to be shown this Sunday afternoon written by Jessie Villabrille, directed by Tata Betita and with the gorgeous, stunning and incomparable Miss Gina Marissa Tagasa as head writer.
Uge plays Lalai, a farm girl who grew up to be uneducated as she helped their parents in farming their land.
She has to make a sacrifice while her younger sister pursues higher education, cultivates a successful career and gets to migrate to the States where she gets married to a rich German American.
Her sister buys her a very big house and she lives in it with her good friend who she treats like a brother, Popoy, played by Archie Alemania. Popoy is mute, but not deaf. Lalai is fairly satisfied with her quiet provincial life.
But when her sister’s husband suddenly dies, she needs to go to the States to help console her as they’re the only remaining members in their family.
“Diyan ngayon nagkaproblema si Lalai,” says Uge. “Kasi kailangan niyang mag-apply for a U.S. visa at paano siya pupunta sa States, ni hindi siya marunong magbasa at magsulat, lalo na in English?
"Ang ginawa ng sister niya, ikinuha siya ng tutor na tuturuan muna siya to read and write in English bago siya mag-abroad.”
And that tutor turns out to be Tom Rodriguez as Elmer, who’s good looking, but appears disheveled most of the time, and very strict.
He also has a girlfriend, Thea Tolentino. As Lalai struggles to comprehend Elmer’s lessons, Elmer, in turn, has to understand her better as a person who is no read, no write and as a woman who has had no boyfriend since birth.
Eventually, both Lalai and Elmer will learn something from each other. An endearing and heartwarming story of love and acceptance, Direk Tata Betita says viewers will surely be impressed by the fine performances of Uge as Lalai, Tom as Elmer and Archie as Popoy.
Don’t miss “Read My Heart” this Sunday at 2:45 PM on GMA-7.
