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 exmerchant marine 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 through love and a family of his own A powerful controversial film that quietly builds to a shattering collision of aspirations and cultures