Shes hoping to buy a cure for her dying sister and ultimately a future for her debtridden family, while he hopes to escape his disintegrating american family. A critically acclaimed film featured in 30 film festivals around the world. First hour flipflops between nyc and the philippines as the two main. Closer to home on dvd joseph nobile filipina travel.
Dalisay struggles to journey from the philippine countryside to new york city to marry dean, a disillusioned. It shows how wrong filipinas are in thinking america is the land of milk and honey. When a social worker named faith begins to investigate a series of in depth cases, she begins to become emotionally involved. Dalisay struggles to journey from the luzon province south of manila in the philippines countryside to new york city to marry dean, a disillusioned exmerchant. Closer to home subtitled philippines theatrical trailer youtube. Made with san fernando valley high school students, closer to home is a community filmmaking project and dramedy about modern teenage life. Closer to home is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. Closer to home movie directed by joseph nobile about filipina. A powerful, controversial film that quietly builds to a shattering.
Hawaii international film festival because she felt it was derogatory to filipino society. Dalisay struggles to journey from the philippine countryside to new york city to. Closer to home movie i have spent 12 trips and 21 years going all over the philippines specifically observing and interviewing s filipinas and this film perfectly exemplifies the great divide between our true attitudes and cultures. Closer to home weaves a universal, haunting tale of two people inexorably drawn together for vastly different reasons. Close to you is a filipino film starring john lloyd cruz, bea alonzo, and introducing sam milby. Superficially our cultures are similar, but true motivations, family and cultural attitudes are very different. Closer to home 1995 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Closer to home movie directed by joseph nobile about.
With barney burman, justin huen, lynette coll, mike bobbitt. Excellent cinematography by irek hartowicz sets closer to home above many similar films as different filipino environments, from a religious procession to the house of a local godfather, are. Which is breaking the number one cardinal rule of her job. When a social worker named faith begins to investigate a series of in depth cases,she begins to become emotionally involved. Dalisay struggles to journey from the philippine countryside to new york city to marry dean, a disillusioned exmerchant marine. With cacilie hughes, jemma evans, michael devon, dominyck mccargo. The philippine cast is composed also of wellknown stage and film actorsjoonee gamboa, lou veloso, lucy quinto, ray ventura, tony mabesa. Closer to home weaves a universal, haunting tale of two people inexorably. Hellcome home full pinoy tv pinoy tv pinoy tambayan.
With madeline ortaliz, john michael bolger, elizabeth bracco, ralph buckley. Closer you and i lyric video michael pangilinan and. Jowable is a 2019 philippine comedy film starring kim molina, kakai bautista, cai cortez, written and directed by darryl yap, produced by vincentiments and viva films. The movie was released on february 15, 2006 under star. Yet every scene is so beautifully, so convincingly and honestly presented one cannot help but be touched. Closer to home subtitled trailer cast madeline ortaliz. Language in english and filipino tagalog english subtitles included where needed. A crosscultural drama with a few fresh twists, closer to home is a technically. Joseph nobiles closer to home weaves a universal, haunting tale of two people inexorably drawn together for vastly different reasons. This new digital transfer to dvd was created on a professional ursa diamond yfront with davinci 888 color correction telecine from a pristine master. Closer to home finally, a great award winning movie that realistically shows life in the philippines today. Closer to home full movie cacilie hughes, jemma evans.
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