Examíne the dreams of man and see- no dream ís complete wíthout the waít...
So some smle wíth merely havíng the memoríes...
seeíng ít ín theír mínds over and over agaín, no matter how poíntless.
But íf the dream comes from the heart, then waítíng ís never ín vaín.
for true love wíthstands the test of tíme.
A man ín love counts no season...
and evey moment is a date wíth dersity...
(shrieks)
Please explain this to your little sister, Marco.
Are we still in the Philippines?!
See my new phone? It's useless! Dead spot!
How can l ring up mommy?!
l have to remind her ol the added stull she needs to buy lor me!
ll l only knew this place would be this primitive...
l would've just joined mommy and daddy in London!
But the point ol their trip...
is to celebrate their silver wedding anniversay, you get it?
You'll just be an excess baggage and ruin eveything.
Marco, we've been traveling lor one hour and two weeks now...
and so lar, there's nothing here that tells me this vacation is good idea.
Sítío Verde Bed and Breakfast
The kitchen is still open il any ol you kids want to have a meal.
Or would you rather go to your rooms and take a nap?
- l think we'll see the rooms lirst. - Vey well....
l'm heading to the kitchen!
After that long drive, aren't you hungy?!
Oh thank God! Finally, a phone signal!
- Kíko, help them wíth theír luggage. - Yes mother.
- Ma'am, l'm sory. - My laptop! Give me that!
(piano music playing)
Senyoríta.
Ceding. It's you. l thought it was someone else...
(piano music plays)
Beautíful.
Nah! It's bad.
You bet it's bad! We really have a bad situation here.
lt's like we're in the Discovey Channel only we haven't ''discovered'' anything.
Duke, since we're here anyway, Iet's just go inside, pray lor our sins...
and light a candle.
Have you been missing out on your prayers lately?
Why do we have to enter this church now?
- Do you have some loose change? - None.
What about the donation lor the candles?
Just light 'em all up. We'll go to conlession later.
Thank you, Lord.
Duke, stop it. We' re inside a church, remember?
Hey! What do we have here? A cellphone!
And this chick 'aint bad looking either. This is my lucky day!
Let me see.
Hey, linders keepers, man.
- Give it back! - Just a moment.
Here's the deal. The girl is yours. But l keep the cellphone, ok?
Come to think ol it, l don't get you.
You haven't hooked up with anyone up to now...
like you're not interested in girls.
Guys in our lamily aren't like that. Learn lrom me boy!
l don't treat women as an object lor a sport or a hobby.
For me, the moment l meet the woman who will capture my heart...
l'll mary her immediately.
- Mary the woman immediately? - Yeah.
And you think you'll lind that girl here?
All l see are old maids and witches around.
Well, maybe not eveyone. See those girls?
That's him!
See them lall to my charms.
Duke Perez, teen-idolistic heartthrob. Then.
Then. That's the operative word. As in lifteen years ago.
You're a has-been!
Trouble is you still cary that star complex with you.
Oh yeah? Then just watch this.
- Hi sir. - Hi girls.
May we ask lor your autograph?
Autograph? Sure! Where's your pen? What's your name?
No, not lor us. For our mom and aunt.
They say they're your biggest lans years ago you were still lamous.
ls that so?
- Ma! Come here! - Hey. How are you?
- l knew it was you! - See you later.
You're still so cute.
- Spread the word! - But you gained some weight.
(phone rings)
Hello?
(screeching vehicle)
(people screaming)
Madam!
Nurse! l'm looking lor Rosa Santos.
Grandma!
Miss, l'll talk to you in awhile.
Are you done with the CBC and the blood test?
lt's all in the report, doctor.
Miss, are you Elma Santos the nurse tried to contact earlier?
lt's a good thing your number in madam's wallet.
By the way, l'm Marco.
Elma Santos is my mom.
She's in Manila.
l got the phone call.
l'm Lianne Santos.
Your lace looks lamiliar. Have we met belore?
l don't think so, though actually, your lamiliar too because...
l have your cellphone. l lound it in church this morning.
You did?
Miss, the doctor is ready to talk to you now.
Doctor, how is she?
Ouite critical. She's still unconscious.
We need to conduct a CT SCAN on her just to be sure there's no brain damage.
Please assure me she will get through this.
For now, all l can tell you is that she's still under observation.
Excuse me.
Lianne.
Yes? Is there an emergency? Does the doctor want to talk me again?
No. Sit down. Finish your tea.
Marco, do not hold yoursell responsible lor anything.
You've done so much as it is.
You brought my grandmother here in the hospital.
For that l'm vey thanklul.
And thank you lor giving me back my phone.
l'm the one who should be gratelul.
Your grandmother saved my lífe.
Lianne, l insist. l will shoulder all the hospital expenses.
What's her name?
Her name is Rosa Santos.
l'd better go back to her room now.
Lianne, your phone.
Me and my bad memoy.
(romantic song plays)
Soledad tell Sancho that he will drive the guests home after our game.
Divina, it's late. Would you mind calling your papa?
He's at your uncle Pedring's house, probably getting wasted again.
Who threw that chip?
Kiko, is there a public phone somewhere?
Duke borrowed mine when he went to town and l need to call the hospital.
- There's one lor the guests upstairs. - Oh yeah, l think saw it. Thanks man!
(suspenselul music builds up)
(grandlather clock ticking)
l will never join him in Manila.
(sound ol thunder and lightning)
(electricity lizzles on and oll)
Hello?
(electricity lizzles on and oll)
Hello?
(click)
Hello?
Are you calling lrom a cross-line?
Don't tell me you're our party-line. It's no longer in use these days.
l'm sory but what are you saying?
l am about to make a call...
but now l suddenly hear your voice on the other line.
This is cray.
Excuse me, l need to call the hospítal.
Hospital? What hospital?
Hello?
(click)
Hello!
(click)
Primitive.
Three...
Duke?
ninety-eight...!
- Duke, you're not ready yet? - Ninety-nine!
l thought we're both leaving?
Leaving?! Who said anything about leaving?
Are you joining me back to Manila or not?
No! l'm not going anywhere. Guess who l just met?
The vice-governor's wile...
and ex-president ol the Duke Perez's lans club, that's who!
She's producing a movie and wants me to star as the leading man no less!
l give up. You guys do whatever you want but l'm leaving. Today!
- Mrs. Ceding! - Yes miss?
Please inlorm the driver l'm ready to go now...
and have my luggage brought down lrom my room. Thanks.
But Panyong is in his home in Poblacion today-- caring lor his sick wile.
Are you saying there's no transport service today?
How can l leave this place?!
Your big brother isn't taking you anywhere either. You're stuck with us.
- This guy. He can drive, right? - Him? He only drives his bicycle.
You can't be serious!
Kiko, quick. Help the lady Ava cary back her things.
Miss Ava, please allow me.
No. Step out ol my way.
You're useless.
She's got a temper.
Good morning, ma'am.
Mom, he's Mr. Marco Solmerano. Marco, this is my mom.
How is the patient doing?
Her vital signs are now stable but she's still unconscious.
For your grandmother.
l hope your grandmother wakes up belore these llowers wilt.
Mom, please.
She's still exhausted lrom the long trip lrom Manila.
So you're all lrom Manila?
Yes. Grandmother just insisted that we visit here.
She took me along.
l thought you live here.
ll we bring her back to Manila, better doctors can attend to her.
l know that.
But my mother's condition prevents us lrom taking her anywhere.
Hopelully ne_ week we can leave this place.
ll there's anything l can do. Anything.
None ol this would have happened had your grandmother stayed home.
(contemplative guitar music)
l couldn't believe you're capable ol doing this!
lt's the only option l have left.
There must be another way!
Andres, my conscience will bother me lorever...
il we use our daughter to pay our debts.
Leave us lor a while, Ceding.
Divina is no stranger to Gaston's lamily.
She and Juancho grew up together.
They were playmates then.
But that's no guarantee she will agree to mary him now.
Amelia, il Divina reluses to mary Juancho,
l don't know what else to do to save our tobacco plantation.
ll Gaston does not reprieve our debts, we lose eveything.
What will become ol us and our daughter then?
There's simply no other way but lor Divina to mary Juancho!
Hello?
(phone receiver banged down)
Hello. l heard someone said ''hello'' just now.
Are you stíll there?
Hello?
May l know your name?
Were you the one who answered the phone last night?
Maybe.
l think l recognize your voice.
l'm Marco.
You must be a party-line.
Sory. l'm just amused that phones this area still have party-lines.
l mean consíderíng all the advances ín communícatíons, ríght?
Hello, Marco?
You did say your name is Marco, am I correct?
My name is Divina. Divina Buenacer.
Are we in the same area?
What's your location?
(thunder)
Hello? Divina?
Hello, Marco? Marco, are you still there?
Hello Divina. Yes, l'm still here.
So, are you also here on vacation or do you live here in Sitio Verde?
This is where l live lor the rest ol my lile, l guess.
And you?
l'm here on vacatíon. l'm from Maníla.
Manila. l've long been dreaming to go there.
Basing on the voice l hear...
l assume you haven't reached your thi_y's, have you?
No. l'm just twenty-lour, turning twenty-live this year.
You say you're on vacation.
Are you with your lamily? Or your wile?
l don't have a wile? You're talking to a bachelor.
What about you?
l suppose you' re not married yet, are you?
Hello Dívína?
Do you have a husband?
(shrieks)
- Rat! There's a rat in my room! _ A rat?
- You mean this cute little thing? - Put it away!
Ma'am, those mice show up 'coz you're always inside your room.
l suggest you go out and see the place. l can be your guide.
See the place? What place is there is to see?
Wait! Please hold this.
Ma'am, we can't use the bike one this muddy road.
Are you sure?!
Yes ma'am.
Where are you taking me anyway?
We're in the middle ol nowhere...
my leet hurts and l lear l'm getting dengue anytime soon!
Ma'am, we can't go back now.
You'll just have to allow me to cary you.
No way!
Suit yoursell. But l must warn you, there are snakes here.
Snakes?!
Then what are we standing here lor?! Let's go!
Wow! It's beautilul!
And look at the rainbow! It's so magical!
Maybe now you can answer my question il you're married or not.
l am not married. Yet.
But l will soon meet the man l'm supposed to mary.
So you're engaged.
You can put it that way.
You don't sound too happy about it.
One day, l might tell you why l sound the way l do.
But tonight Marco, Iet's talk about something else please.
Ok.
But realize you're not alone with having worries. Like me...
You are engaged to be married as well?
No.
My problem involves an old lady who's been hospitalized after saving my lile.
An old woman saved your lile? How did she do that?
From church l was about to cross the street when she pushed me back.
lt turns out she díd that to save me from a runníng van that hít her ínstead.
She's unconscious until now and l leel guilty about the whole thing.
What is the name ol the old lady? l will oller a prayer lor her.
Her name is Rosa Santos.
Rosa Santos.
l promise to pray to God lor her recovey.
Hey, why don't you give me your contact number...
so we don't depend on chances just to be able to talk to each other.
l cannot do that.
My lather will surely be angy il he linds out l am talking to a stranger.
Surely, we will talk to each other again il destiny permits.
lmagine this. So many lovely butterllies in such a small place!
Miss Ava.
Please, call me Ava. Drop the '' miss'' and '' ma'am'' ok?
''Ma'am'' and ''miss'' are lor the old women, which l'm not.
Ol course you're not... Ava.
you're not making fun of me, are you?
Ol course not. l just lind you amusing.
You say what you leel. When you're upset, you show it.
When you're angy, you let eveybody sense it.
When you want to make a point, you don't stop talking.
'Coz l believe we should all be lree to think and speak lor ourselves.
Free like the butterllies?
Yes! Free as the butterllies should be.
Heavenly father, l have yd to understand the reason why...
you destíned that l med a man líke Marco.
Nondheless l am vey grateful that you brought hím ínto my lífe.
He has líghtened up my days that are othe_íse fílled wíth fear and sadness.
ln rdurn, l pray for the one that bríngs Marco hís own fear and sadness.
l pray for the recovey of Rosa Santos and free Marco from paín.
Juancho is here.
- Divina, il this is against your will... - l am doing this lor you, lor us.
He arrived lrom Hawaii yesterday.
Did you enjoy the cruise lrom Manila?
l've had dizy-spells.
But all that is gone now that l see the lovely Divina.
The years have made you more beautilul than ever.
You are a litting queen ol my home-- ''Mrs. Juancho Braganzado.''
Hís famíly wíll formally ask for my hand ín marríage next week.
Unless you love him, you should not agree to an arranged-marriage.
''Should.'' l grew up always hearing that word.
Countless instructions to obey. Countless rules to lollow.
Then maybe it's time lor you to learn how to say ''No.''
People will say l am a disgrace to the lamily.
My parents will think l am ungratelul. And l don't want to cause them pain.
But let them know how you really feel and convínce them to reconsíder.
My oblígatíon as a daughter ís to obey, Marco.
Dívína, you may regrd thís decísíon one day. You knowthat, ríght?
What íf you run away? Stay wíth your relatíves for awhíle.
l know my advíce sounds bad but ít may be the only way out...
for you ín thís sítuatíon. One wrong decísíon can ruín your lífe.
l see that your lather knows his car. Thunderbird. This is top-ol-the line.
The engine is powerlul and...
Why the troubled look on your lace?
Huh?
By the way Divina, when you linally become my wile,
l want you to just stay at home and take care ol me and my children.
The home is the only place lor all good women. Like my mother.
Juancho, my goal is to pursue my studies. l am interested in Fine Arts.
Good griel! You want to waste your time studying Fine Arts?!
ln my opinion, it's utterly useless!
lt will not aid you in any way with regards to your duties as my wile.
lt is best to lorget your ''dream'' ol education and concentrate on our wedding.
Juancho!
Hey! Are you a road-killer?! My mom will teach you a lesson il l tell!
Shut up you lool!
Moron! Idiot!
Juancho, stop it! Do you not see his handicap?
You're a lool! A lool!
- Enough! - You ruined my day!
Divina let's go!
Divina!
The whole íncídent opened my eyes.
l began asking mysell-- what would become ol me il l mary a violent man?
The actions that he showed are enough to warn you.
So, are you still willing to take the risk and mary him?
l am seriously reconsidering my decision.
Decide so we can have the chance.
- A chance lor what, Marco? - A chance lor...
for what, Marco?
l really think we should meet.
l'm vey ínterested to see you.
See me?
And where do you suggest we meet, il ever?
Lake Tabon, you know where it is?
Tabon? You mean, Tabones.
Not sure íf íts Tabon or Tabones but ít's a beautíful lake wíth an old dock.
You know how to get there, right?
Yes, l think l do. l will wait lor you there.
Tomorrow. Six o'clock in the afternoon, is that ok?
Yes.
Ok. Goodnight.
The most exciting part is this-- l will have three leading ladies!
Angel Locsin. Diana Zubiri and another sey star.
Costume movie. The works!
Encantado!
Turns out only a lantasy movie is needed to revive my career.
l leel sory lor your producer.
l suggested you, by the way. We need to cast a witch.
Whatever.
But you know what, there's a lovely aura about you these days.
- It's a guy, right? She has a new guy. - What are you talking about?
And how about you? Ho_s your ''old lady''?
Lady Rosa Santos?
Still in coma. We'll bring her to Manila when her condition stabilizes.
Cousin, listen to me. You're not responsible lor all that.
lt wasn't your lault that the vehicle hit her instead ol you.
Still, the lact is, you're paying lor eveything...
Duke, that old woman saved my lile!
Whether its my responsibility or not, the lact is, l'm here alive and well
while she's in the hospital struggling to overcome Death. You get it?!?
Lay oll me and just think about is your stupid comeback movie!
Thanks.
Her vital signs have improved but she still remains unconscious.
l'm really sory l brought all these trouble.
l wish l could do more to help her.
None ol us wanted this to happen. l only wory lor Lianne.
She's been most aflected by what happened to her grandmother.
Young man, l want to apologize lor my rude behavior the lirst time we met.
l was just worried lor mama then.
You have nothing to wory about. l completely understand.
Won't you please tell Lianne l dropped by.
Marco, your lace really looks lamiliar.
Lianne and l even talked about it and she agrees.
She even says she leels like she's known you belore.
Well, many ol us do have look-alikes. Won't you stay until Lianne arrives?
She's coming over?
- Marco. - Lianne.
Hi grandma.
How are you today?
Cheer up. Your grandmother is showing signs ol recovey.
l'm sory you had to see me break-down like that. l couldn't help it.
The pressure l leel inside have been too much lor me to bear lately.
- Lianne. _ yes?
l know l'm the reason why all this happened.
l really leel guilty.
Don't blame yoursell, Marco. Like what grandma always used to say-
''Eveything that happens to a person is part ol his or her Destiny.''
Would you like to go out with me tomorrow?
Let's just have collee or something. Forget our worries lor awhile.
Sure.
l'll letch you lrom here tomorrow, say-- six o'clock?
You're staying at the bed and breaklast inn, right?
Yes.
l can pick you up tomorrow on the way to the plaza?
Sure! Tomorrow then. Six o'clock.
Marco?!
Divina?!
Senyorita Divina, you must return home now.
Your Papa and mama have been looking lor you.
l even had to lie when l told them l left you in church.
Good evening.
Please hury senyorita. You're lather is vey upset.
Divina, where have been?
You've kept us all waiting.
The housekeeper tells us you went to church.
Why didn't you ask Ceding to accompany you?
Has your memoy lailed you my love?
Tonight my parents and l have come to lormally ask lor your hand in marriage.
Let's have our dinner.
l'm sure our guests will enjoy the least.
Yes. Divina, why don't you serve the soup to our guests?
Our apologies.
Why didn't you show up?
Nonsense. l was there. You were not.
l was there! Earlier than our appointed time.
l too came early. But there was no sign ol you.
l waited lor you at Lake Tabon lor more than two hours.
Marco, Tabon and Tabones are one and the same.
A vey small area lor us not to see each other.
l am not lying!
Are you saying then that l am the liar?
No.
Maybe lor some reason we just missed each other...
or maybe each ol us went to a dillerent place.
Divina, let's ty again. Let's meet same time tomorrow.
Marco, two weeks lrom now, l will be a married woman.
(suspenselul music builds up)
Mother, this lady is looking lor sir Marco.
Please tell Marco l'm here?
But he just left moments ago. You can wait lor him here il you want.
Thank you.
l'll be in the reception area il you need me, mother.
l think l've seen this house belore.
You look lamiliar as well.
- Are you lrom somewhere nearby? - No. l'm lrom Manila.
ls that so? Well, l have to leave you now. Please leel comlortable.
(piano music plays)
Is there something wrong, ma'am?
No. Nothing's wrong. l just remembered someone.
Sory, il l played the piano.
l better go.
Marco has obviously lorgotten about our date.
Young lady, please take vey good care ol yoursell.
May l know who you're waiting lor here tonight, Divina?
l'm waiting lor no one.
l'm just taking a leisure stroll, that's all.
A leisure stroll? At this time ol the night?
Senyorita!
- Stay out ol this! - Juancho let go ol her!
The two ol you are working behind my back!
What's your big secret?!
l said let go ol her! Don't drag in her in our mess.
Good evening, Mrs. Ceding.
A girl named Lianne came here this afternoon to see you.
l'm conlused, mom.
At lirst, l thought Marco and l had a connection.
But lately,
l may be in lront ol him but as il he doesn't see me.
Are you starting to lall in love with him?
Your grandma always used to say that love is a mystey.
lt's not the heart that decides who we lall in love with...
but destiny itsell.
Dívína, l waíted for you but agaín you dídn't show up.
Don't play around wíth me please.
l swear l went to our meeting place, Marco.
lt was you who lailed to come.
l was there.
l even carved my name on the trunk ol the tree.
Divina. March 15, 1$57
(sound ol thunder and lightning)
Divina, look at this lovely wedding gown...
that Juancho's mama had ordered made especially made lor you.
Divina, loving Juancho shouldn't that be that dillicult.
Your heart can eventually learn how to love him.
Mama, when you married papa...
did you have to learn how to love him as well?
Mama, lrom the moment l came to understand the meaning ol love...
l began to dream that one day, l will meet a man who will love me
and give meaning to my lile, as a woman, as a person.
That man ís not Juancho.
He is sellish and loves only one person-himsell.
My child...
But l will mary him.
Divina.
l will do it lor you and lor papa...
to prove how much l love you both.
Marco! l have to leave you guys. l need to prepare lor my movie.
Must get rid ol this belly. Hit the gym and do some serious exercise.
Man, what's your problem this time? Are you depressed or what?!
Don't wory too much about that old lady. She'll recover soon.
Duke do you think it's possible lor two people...
lrom two dillerent periods ol time to establish communication?
You mean one lrom the present and one lrom the luture?
One lrom the present and one lrom the past.
One lrom the present and one lrom the past, huh!
l think it is possible.
lt's possible that you are losing your mind!
l knew it! Weird things are happening in this house!
One lrom the present, one lrom the past, huh!
- But seriously, l think it is. - It is?!
lt's a great idea lor my movie, ''Encantado'' !
One lrom the past, one lrom the present and we battle in the luture!
Man, you're good! Thanks! l'll tell my producer about it right now!
Duke!
Marco?
(click)
Divina.
Marco, did you just put the phone down on me?
We need to talk.
Divina, listen to me vey carelully.
lt is impossible lor us to meet.
We can never be able to see each other no matter how we ty.
l do not understand you.
l lound your carvings-- it has your name and a date...
March 15, 1$57, right?
lt was the lifteenth ol March yesterday l went there again.
Correct.
But not 1$57.
The year now is 2006.
Not 1$57. 2006!
There is a gap between my time and your time, Divina.
For some strange reason, this phone connects my era to your era, you get it?
l reluse to believe you.
You're talking ol utter nonsense!
Who is the president in your time?
President Ramon Magsaysay.
And what is the date today?
Today the si_eenth ol March, nineteen hundred and lifty-seven.
Tomorrow in your time, President Magsaysay will die lrom a plane crash.
He died March 17, 1$57.
l am vey conlused now.
Divina there's a lorty nine year- dillerence between my time and your time!
That's the truth!
Divina?
Marco, l reluse to believe a single word that you said.
Sory l missed out in bringing you llowers earlier.
- l was in a hury. - It's ok.
These llowers have just blossomed and l picked them up lor you.
Suntan?
Sweet!
Yes, its nectar is sweet. Ty and taste is it.
No. Thank you.
Kiko, why do l get these llowers lrom you?
Because llowers make you smile and you are most lovely when you smile.
Thank you lor agreeing to see us on such short notice, Juancho.
- Haven't you heard the news? - What news?
lt's on the headlines.
President Magsaysay died on a plane crash.
Divina__ what's wrong?
Obviously she's shocked to hear the news about the president.
By the way, my parents have agreed to move the wedding on an earlier date.
That's what we wanted to tell you. There will be no wedding.
What?!
l will also speak with your lather.
l'm ready to give up the plantation should he decide to take it away.
This is most preposterous, Senyor Andres!
lt would be loolish to give my daughter in marriage to a man she does not love.
My apologies, Juancho.
You heard my lather, Juancho. l will not be your wile.
You showed me a glimpse ol your true character...
and it was not what l wish to lind in my luture husband.
Divina, we better leave now.
- l want to see your face. - But how?
Send me a píture. Your latest photo.
- l'm sure you're beautíful. - As íf ít's possíble.
- l thínk ít ís. l have an ídea. - Will ít work?
(happy music plays)
You're so beautíful, Dívína.
How l wísh l líve ín yourtíme and be wíth you.
Of the many beautíful women ín your tíme, haven't you md anyone?
l md someone recently. Her name ís Líanne.
Rosa Santos' grandchíld.
Marco, l want to paínt a píture of you.
Now that's quíte ímpossíble, don't you thínk so?
- Not íf you descríbe yourself to me. - l'm not good wíth words.
Just ty ít.
Good ty.
But my nose ís a bít hígh and the chín ís too rounded.
Senyorito, senyorita Divina is resting. She cannot be disturbed.
l don't care! l want to talk to her now!
She cannot reluse to mary me!
l knew it.
You would not have cancelled our wedding il not lor another man.
ls this him?!
Whose portrait is this, your lover?!
Tell me!
Give me that!
Senyorita, don't!
Ceding!
l can never allow you to be with another man!
l will not be the laughing stock ol Sitio Verde!
Senyorita.
That asshole! Il only l could my hands on him, he'll learn not to harm you!
He will never leave me alone in peace.
Then you have no other choice.
You have to leave that place Divina belore it gets worse.
He'll ty to get his hands on you again.
Are you cying, Divina?
ll only we belong in the same period ol time.
ll death could lead me to you, l will welcome it at this vey moment.
Divina, go to Manila and let's see other there.
Do you understand what you're saying, Marco?
Forty nine years separates me lrom you.
l will give you my address in Manila.
Even il you do wait lor me, l will be too old when we meet...
lt will not be proper lor us.
l don't care! Let's just ty to do this, ok?
- l wíll waít ín thís address. - Wait.
54 Madrigal St., Horizon Village, Makati, Metro Manila.
l do not know howto get to this address.
You can do it. l'll wait lor you. We will meet each other, l know.
Where is Divina?! l demand to see her!
Juancho, you lool! Get out ol my house! Leave Divina alone!
Please do not hurt my daughter again, Juancho!
Divina!
Come out ol your room!
Divina, what's going on?!
Mama! Papa! Juancho let go ol them!
(pounding on the wooden wall)
Because ol you, me and my lamily are being insulted!
They say l am not good enough ol a man because a woman rejected me!
Take control ol yoursell, Juancho? Be a man!
Accept the lact that my daughter does not want to mary you!
(gun trigger clicks)
Now tell me Divina, do l still have to lorce you to mary me?
Listen only to your heart Divina. Do not wory about us.
Juancho don't!
(pounding at the door)
l am waiting lor your linal decision, Divina.
Yes, Juancho. l will be your wile.
Divina!
Are you ok?
Are you calling someone's name?
l'm line.
l'm sory Lianne.
l want to make it up to you.
Can l ask you out again?
Please say yes.
l'm really sory.
fine a_s?
l studied histoy but l took some photography lessons too.
Really? You should show me your portlolio one ol these days.
Sure.
l really hope you get to talk to my grandmother one day.
She has all these insights about lile, about love.
You know what's surprising is, at her age, your grandma is still...
strong enough to push me down.
You know what's weird.
Ever since we met...
l'm been tying to ligure out where l lirst saw you.
Divina.
Marco.
l was alraid Juancho had hurt you again.
l am leaving Sitio Verde, Marco.
On the eve ol my marriage,
l will take a ship to Manila.
l have some money.
l'm leaving my late to Destiny. l want to start a new lile.
l'll wait lor you in Manila, Divina. Let's meet on this date-March 2$, 2006.
Yes, l will lind you.
Promise me you'll come. Swear it.
l promise to meet you on the twenty-ninth ol March, year two thousand and six.
Take care ol yoursell. l will be waiting.
Love is blind to time.
Love sees no end.
Divina...
l love you.
Mrs. Ceding...
- what are those? - Sory lor the mess.
These are some memorabilia. l have been keeping in the storage room.
lt belongs to the lormer owners ol this property.
ls that them on the photos?
Yes.
Senyor Andres Miguel Buenacer.
Senyora Amelia.
And their only child, Divina Buenacer.
What did you say their daughter's name was?
Divina Buenacer.
She was a vey beautilul woman.
She was engaged to be married when she suddenly disappeared.
She ran away lrom her groom, Senyor Juancho Braganzado.
She left by ship bound lor Manila.
Why do you know so much about the Buenacers?
l served the Senyorita Divina's lamily lor years.
What happened to Divina after she left?
She died in a tragedy.
Today is her death anniversay.
Convinced that she was having an allair, Sr. Juancho had her lollowed in secret.
He could have prevented her departure but he was too late.
The ship had already sailed with the Senyorita on board.
Once, she mentioned something about a young man lrom Manila,
whom she met by phone.
lt's obvious to me that she's in love with him.
(thunder and lightning)
(explosion)
(passengers screaming, cries lor help)
Her body was never recovered and her parents died without seeing her.
l believe she left to meet the man in Manila.
Mother, new guests have arrived. They're asking lor a room.
Excuse me.
You walk away _íle here l stay
Our paths took separate ways
l call your name but you don't hear
Too wíde our dístance be
Come near l ty yd l remaín unseen
No síght no sound l cause your world as íf l don't exíst
Must l throw thís love away
Alove for you l vowed to keep forever and a day...
Heavens hear my plea, delay derníty
Delay untíl the day you see your heart belongs to me
Determíned to keep waítíng and never to forgd you
My promíse wíll líve on untíl forever comes...
Heavens hear my plea, delay derníty
Delay untíl you nestle back ínto my lovíng arms
But íf you have forgoffen the path to your rdurn
Remember my love waíts for you forever and a day...
Divina!
(piano music playing)
Divina.
Marco.
Marco, destiny led us to each other but we can never be together.
Someone else will come along, a woman who will love you dearly.
you are not that woman, Divina?
Open your eyes and open your heart, Marco.
As a listener, l think the stoy is beautilul.
But lor me to accept it as lact, l admit my mind is struggling.
So you do not believe that Divina did exist?
l believe that you love Divina vey much.
l do not know her Marco...
but the sadness that l see in your eyes tells me
only one thing-- you've completely lallen in love with this woman.
lsn't it stupid?
Losing someone you love though you've never been together
simply because the two ol you belong to two dillerent periods in time?
She said goodbye to me though she has yet to come into my lile.
l lelt the pain ol her absence though l haven't actually seen her walk away.
l am looking lor someone whom l haven't even met.
Love is blind to time. Love sees no end.
Divina is alive because her memoy is alive.
What did you say?
Divine is alive because her memoy is alive.
Lianne wait!
l'm sory Marco.
All my lile, l've been waiting lor that moment
when l will linally meet the woman whom l could spend the rest ol my lile with.
Now l realize, l've already lound that woman.
Divina.
l never met Divina and l never will.
But l met you.
l admit, l loved Divina.
But like she said, we can never be together.
The woman lor me is the one l am with-- here and now.
More mangoes?
No, we have enough.
Are you sure?
After all the trouble l endured to get to this tree.
Yeah. Such a high l tree, l see.
l have to admit Kiko, l didn't expect l'd enjoy being here in Sitio Verde.
l hope it's because l'm here lor you.
You tell that to all your girllriends, don't you?
Ava.
Kiko, you look like a ghost.
Ava, l love you.
What becomes ol us now, Kiko? We're going back to Manila ne_ week.
That's not a problem.
l'm going to college in Manila so l'll lind you there.
Yeah, you're right.
And don't lorget to bring me llowers, ok?
l leel like you met that tragedy because ol me.
(phone rings)
- Hello? - Marco, Lianne here. It's grandma.
She linally woke up!
- Marco. - Lianne.
Hury inside! l'm so excited to introduce you to grandma.
Have a seat lirst. Feel at home. l'll check on her.
Thanks.
So that's why your lace Iooks so lamiliar.
You're the splitting-image ol the man in grandma's paintings.
Who is he?
Whenever we ask grandma, she tells us he's a lriend.
But you know what, grandpa had always been jealous ol those paintings.
Lake Tabon.
Lianne, do you keep a photo ol your grandmother when she was younger?
Here's one.
(gasps)
Marco.
l waited lor you.
l waited lor a long time.
A long, long time, l waited.
l kept my promise to you, Marco.
Grandma, you know each other?
Listen to this stoy that l will tell Marco.
Eveyone thought l períshed when the shíp sank at sea.
But l was lucky because Rícardo saved my lífe.
l only regrd that l faíled to save Marco's portraíts as well.
Perhaps because ol the trauma, as il my mind blocked all its memories.
When l regained consciousness, l could no longer remember anything.
May l know your name?
l am Capt. Ricardo Santos.
Can you me tell your name?
l don't remember.
l will call you, Rosa because you are as beautilul as these llowers.
from that day on, l was called by the name of Rosa.
Rícardo took me under hís care. He was a good man.
He was not díflícult for me to love hím for kíndness...
l married him and we had a child.
l lound happiness in Ricardo's arms. l became a complete person.
Eventually the painlul memories slowly returned to me.
Until l learned that my parents had died...
and that l too was in danger il l returned to Sitio Verde...
because Juancho was still looking lor me.
lt was only recently that l decíded to l rdurn...
when l realízed that l was the Rosa Santos...
who was to destíned to save you from the accídent.
Up to know, l still can't understand...
how we were able to establish connection.
Perhaps it's true that there are things that can never be explained, Marco.
All l know is that what happened between us is part ol our destiny.
l waited lor so long to lind you.
And when l linally saw you, l knew l had to save your lile
because destiny wills it so.
Even il l knew l could die, il it meant that you will continue to live...
then it's a sacrilice l'm willing to make.
Thank you so much.
Destiny dictates eveything that happens in this world...
Even in love. Love is blind to time. Love sees no end.
Countless thíngs can happen as tíme takes íts course.
But only one thíng endures... Love.
So belíeve me when l say... l díd not tíre from waítíng...
because l knew she would come...
and we wíll love each other for the rest of our days.
Some call ít choíce. But for Líanne, Dívína and l...
We call ít destíny.