Filmmaker Demie’s father, Manuel, left in 1988 to work in Saudi Arabia to provide for his family, but missed his children’s crucial formative years. Far away from home, Manuel’s presence was felt only through his voice on the cassette tapes he sent back home while working overseas. In the present, Demie feels resentment towards her father’s absence. Hoping to reconnect, she searches for the tapes, only to find that her family’s recordings have been lost. In the process, she collects cassettes from other families and begins to assemble an informal archive of emotions and anecdotes shaped by separation, recorded across an entire generation of Filipino overseas workers and their families. Through this process, she understands not only her own emotional scars but also her mother’s quiet struggles raising the family alone. Demie further traces her parents’ lives back to a time marked by political upheaval and economic hardship, beginning with the regime of Ferdinand Marcos, which led Manuel to make the difficult choice to leave his family behind. Years later, Manuel returns home, but the detachment remains. Demie continues to work through her feelings towards her father until Manuel finally opens up and shares the pain he endured while working overseas, leading to a deeper understanding between them.