The Gifted (film)

Plot

Marco Yuzon (played by Sam Milby) is in a bookstore attending a book signing event for his new book entitled, The Gifted. He begins the book signing by reading a few chapters of the book, and so the story begins:

Zoe Tuazon, a rich, overweight, aggressive, genius girl of many mixed races (played by Abby Bautista), enters her school with Aica Tabayoyong (Alliya Fatima dela Riva), an unattractive girl, accompanied by their parents for an entrance exam. Both students are highly intelligent and not accepted by the school, instead they are transferred to a higher school with better education. Both of them excel in different subjects, including Mathematics, English and History. One day, during a religion class, Zoe ruins her reputation by questioning the teacher's lesson about the story of creation, relating it to the big bang theory. Then, the next day, Aica also ruins her name when she defecates during a music lesson. The two become good friends and plot evil plans for the school by poisoning students and a teacher, and booby-trapping the nun who Zoe questioned. The whole school fears them until high school came, Zoe (Anne Curtis) and Aica (Cristine Reyes), are fighting for the Valedictorian position. Zoe's mother (Arlene Muhlach) convinces her to find Aica's weakness to get the throne. A new student, Mark Ferrer Sam Milby, an illiterate athlete, enters the school. Aica immediately falls in love with him leading Zoe to plot her evil plan. Nicole meets up with Mark and insisted him to fall in love with Aica while Zoe does his home works, and even make him copy her answers on quizzes. Not being attracted to Aica, Mark forces himself to date her. As the plan goes on, final exams were finished and the distribution of cards took place

On the course of their college lives, Aica graduated as a Mathematics Major in Ateneo and Zoe graduated as a Neuro Science Major in Princeton both Suma Cum Laudes. Before returning to the Philippines, Zoe undergoes Plastic Surgery and becomes insanely beautiful losing all her weight, so does Aica, who now looks attractive. Both are now models and when both of them learns each other's success, it angers them both leading to Zoe bumping on Mark, now a literate and American graduate. Angering Zoe, she plots another revenge on Aica and shows everybody the animated video version of Aica defecating to the reunion that took place a few days later. Aica follows Zoe to her house and as she enters, a booby trap almost kills Aica . After several minutes of Zoe trying to kill Aica, Zoe finally gives up after Aica almost drowns her. The two made up when suddenly, Zoe reveals it was just an act and points a gun at Aica. Aica runs for her life only to bump into Mark, who shielded Aica from the blow, wounding his face. Mark is admitted to the hospital while Aica asks Zoey to apologise. She initially does not feel guilty but is given a picture of wounded Mark and she realises her mistake. Aica and Mark get married the day that Zoe plans to leave in an (aircraft). She sets a booby trap in their hotel which leads to a childhood picture of the girls. Zoey apologises in a note and boards the aircraft.

Marco Yuzon, having finished reading the book, started his signing and then left the bookstore. A girl slams the book on his windshield revealing her to be Aica, and with her was Zoe in their real appearances (unattractive and overweight). The two, whose real names are Mica (Aica) and Joey (Zoe) were very mad with Marco who was their classmate since Elementary. Due to insecurity of them being always on the top and he was always third place, he wrote the novel to put his anger towards them. Insulted that they were the topic of the book and Marco made Joey a lunatic, they insisted that Marco sign their book copies with his blood and started to beat him up.

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