Closer to Home (1995)

Directors

Joseph Nobile

Cast

Danny Campbell, John Michael Bolger, Vic Diaz, Madeline Ortaliz, Jocelyn Malaya, Jane Gabbert, Angie Castrence, Ralph Buckley, Percy Estrella, Woody A. Arizala, Elizabeth Bracco, Connie Chua, Edward Lane, Tony Mabesa, Ray Ventura, Emig Tagle, Lou Veloso, Joonee Gamboa, Consolacion Gamboa, Arthur J. Nascarella

The story

The film follows the story of Dalisay, a young woman from rural Philippines whose family faces mounting debt and the urgent need to fund her sister Luningning's heart surgery. Seeing no other option, she agrees to an arranged marriage with Dean, a disillusioned American former merchant marine, through a marriage broker — hoping the union will secure her family's financial survival. Unable to tell her parents the truth, she claims she has found work as a nanny in the United States, leaving them to borrow from a local loan shark to cover her visa costs.

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