Closer to Home

Oct 12, 1995

2h 5m

★ 0.0

At What Price Family?

Overview

Closer to Home weaves a universal, haunting tale of two people inexorably drawn together for vastly different reasons. Dalisay struggles to journey from the Philippine countryside to New York City to marry Dean, a disillusioned ex-merchant marine. She's hoping to buy a cure for her dying sister and, ultimately, a future for her debt-ridden family, while he hopes to escape his disintegrating American family through love and a family of his own. A powerful, controversial film that quietly builds to a shattering collision of aspirations and cultures.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Elibon Film Productions

Closer to Home Trailers

Cast

Bayani

Woody A. Arizala

Dean

John Michael Bolger

Alma

Elizabeth Bracco

Nick

Ralph Buckley

Steve

Danny Campbell

Tess

Angie Castrence

Lucing

Connie Chua

Gruta

Vic Diaz

Magno

Joonee Gamboa

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