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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Closer to Home: At What Price Family?</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg/220px-2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg/330px-2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg/440px-2100x1400_CTH_Poster_Art.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Nobile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Nobile (page does not exist)">Joseph Nobile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Nobile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Nobile (page does not exist)">Joseph Nobile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruben_Arthur_Nicdao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruben Arthur Nicdao (page does not exist)">Ruben Arthur Nicdao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steven_Nobile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven Nobile (page does not exist)">Steven Nobile</a><sup id="cite_ref-Elibon_Film_Productions_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elibon_Film_Productions-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Joseph Nobile<sup id="cite_ref-Elibon_Film_Productions_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elibon_Film_Productions-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madeline_Ortaliz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madeline Ortaliz (page does not exist)">Madeline Ortaliz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Bolger" title="John Michael Bolger">John Michael Bolger</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irek_Hartowicz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irek Hartowicz (page does not exist)">Irek Hartowicz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janice_Keuhnelian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janice Keuhnelian (page does not exist)">Janice Keuhnelian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Y._Kwei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Y. Kwei (page does not exist)">James Y. Kwei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Cayabyab" title="Ryan Cayabyab">Ryan Cayabyab</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Elibon Film Productions<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Golden_Dragon_International_Cinema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golden Dragon International Cinema (page does not exist)">Golden Dragon International Cinema</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>30 August 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-08-30</span>)</span> (Canada)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">125 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English/Tagalog</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Closer to Home</b></i>, also known by the working title <i>Looking for America</i>, is a 1995 American independent drama film directed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Nobile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Nobile (page does not exist)">Joseph Nobile</a>. It was screened in thirty international film festivals including the 41st Valladolid International Film Festival<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 31st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It follows the story of Dalisay, a poor provincial girl who struggles to journey from the Philippine countryside to New York City to marry Dean, a disillusioned American 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.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dalisay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dalisay in the province"><img alt="Dalisay in the province" 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class="gallerytext">Last night <span class="nowrap"> home</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Closer_to_Home_(film)_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A New York welcoming"><img alt="A New York welcoming" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg/269px-Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg/404px-Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg/539px-Closer_to_Home_%28film%29_-_A_New_York_welcoming.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1168" data-file-height="781" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A New York welcoming </div> </li> </ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Closer_to_Home_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madeline_Ortaliz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madeline Ortaliz (page does not exist)">Madeline Ortaliz</a> as Dalisay Dimagiba</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Bolger" title="John Michael Bolger">John Michael Bolger</a> as Dean Warren</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bracco" title="Elizabeth Bracco">Elizabeth Bracco</a> as Alma, Nick's Wife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joonee_Gamboa" title="Joonee Gamboa">Joonee Gamboa</a> as Magno Dimagiba, Dalisay's Father</li> <li>Connie Chua as Lucing Dimagiba, Dalisay's Mother</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Diaz" title="Vic Diaz">Vic Diaz</a> as Gruta, the Nightclub Owner</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rey_Ventura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rey Ventura (page does not exist)">Rey Ventura</a> as Lacaba, the Loan Shark</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Mabasa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Mabasa (page does not exist)">Tony Mabasa</a> as Senor De Villa, the Plantation Owner</li> <li>Jane Gabbert as Jan Warren, Dean's Sister</li> <li>Ralph Buckley as Nick, Dean's Cousin</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angie_Castrence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angie Castrence (page does not exist)">Angie Castrence</a> as Tess, Dalisay's Cousin</li> <li>Ching Valdes-Aran as Ms.Amador, the Marriage Broker</li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li>James Lorinz as the Garage Mechanic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Blackburn_(actress)" title="Barbara Blackburn (actress)">Barbara Blackburn</a> as the Flirtatious Bar Woman</li> <li>Edward Lane as Uncle Ralph, Dean's Uncle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Veloso" title="Lou Veloso">Lou Veloso</a> as Nanding, Magno's Brother</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fil_Formicola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fil Formicola (page does not exist)">Fil Formicola</a> as Phil, the Taxi Dispatcher</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Percy_Estrella&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Percy Estrella (page does not exist)">Percy Estrella</a> as Imelda, Dalisay's Cousin</li> <li>Emig Tagle as Paeng Cruz, Magno's Best Friend</li> <li>Tita Pambid as Shanty Alley Tenant Farmer's Wife</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lucy_Quinto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lucy Quinto (page does not exist)">Lucy Quinto</a> as Imelda's Mother</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Nascarella" title="Arthur J. Nascarella">Arthur J. Nascarella</a> as the Bartender</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Gamboa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leo Gamboa (page does not exist)">Leo Gamboa</a> as Lacaba's Henchman</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Giovannetti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis Giovannetti (page does not exist)">Louis Giovannetti</a> as the Delivery Man <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p><span class="nowrap"> </span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Closer_to_Home_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_independent_films" title="List of American independent films">List of American independent films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1995" title="List of American films of 1995">List of American films of 1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_films_shot_in_the_Philippines" title="List of foreign films shot in the Philippines">List of foreign films shot in the Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_New_York_City" title="List of films set in New York City">List of films set in New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_film" title="1995 in film">1995 in film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_eccentric_cinema" title="American eccentric cinema">American eccentric cinema</a></li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-13" 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