English Only, Please

Plot

Julian Parker (Derek Ramsay) comes to Manila from New York with one goal: to perfectly dicate a Filipino translation of his angry letter to his half-Pinay ex-girlfriend Megan with the help of the perky Filipino-English tutor he hired online. Tere Madlansacay (Jennylyn Mercado) is a top-notch Filipino-English tutor. She is strict and feisty and takes pride in teaching English and/or Filipino to more than 142 Americans, Fil-Ams, Koreans since 2006. Taking the perfect light romantic-comedic tone of popular Asian movies, with feisty leading ladies who are funny, charming and lovable English Only, Please is a simple love story about how love knows no bounds..

Main Cast

Jennylyn Mercado as Tere Madlansacay, a Filipino tutor from the Philippines

Derek Ramsay as Julian Parker, a Filipino-American from the States

Kean Cipriano as Rico, Tere's "gold-digging, on-and-off" boyfriend

Isabel "Lenlen" Frial as Kay-Kay, Mallows's witty daughter/Tere's goddaughter

Cai Cortez as Mallows, Tere's best friend

Jerald Napoles as "the manliligaw on the street"

Lynn Ynchausti-Cruz as Tere's mother

Ian de Leon as Tere's brother

Jervy "Patani" Daño as Tere's mare

Special Participation

Isabel Oli as Megan Montañer, Julian's ex-girlfriend

Tom Rodriguez as Ernest, Megan's fianceé

Awards

40th Metro Manila Film Festival 2014

Best Picture: 2nd Place

Best Actor: Derek Ramsay

Best Actress: Jennylyn Mercado

Best Director: Dan Villegas

Best Story: Antoinette Jadaone and Dan Villegas

Best Screenplay: Antoinette Jadaone and Anj Pessumal

Best Editor: Marya Ignacio