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"'Homecoming' will not leave unaffected any Filipino who has been an overseas worker, is related to an overseas worker, or knows one, or has been lonely abroad. Portes tells it with a sure hand and an understanding heart. It moved me to tears and then, it moved me to think..." -Louie C. Camino, Phil. Daily Inquirer; "a gentle film that is nonetheless clear-eyed about life's harsh realities... "Small Voices" emerges as an affecting film that is also quite critical of the resignation that seems to permeate Philippine society, underlined by corruption and violence. -Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times