The Home Song Stories (2007)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 9, 2007Release Date
The Home Song Stories (2007)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 9, 2007Release Date
Plot.
Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Joan Chen
Rose Hong
Qi Yuwu
Joe
Joel Lok
Tom
Irene Chen
May
Steven Vidler
Bill
Kerry Walker
Norma
Gabrielle Chan
Winnie
Guang Qiao Fenh
Young May
Leo Fong
Wen Xuan
Philip Lau
Chan
Fred Lee
Slick Chinese Man
Ferdinand Hoang
Bing Guo
Yang Li
Mr. Sun
Tony Ayres
Director
Ivy Mak
Kim
Michael McMahon
Producer
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The Home Song Stories is a 2007 Australian drama film written and directed by Tony Ayres, loosely based on aspects of his life. It stars Joan Chen, Joel Lok, Qi Yuwu, Irene Chen, Steven Vidler and Kerry Walker.
The film premiered at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2007, and was released in Australia on 23 August 2007, by Dendy Films. It was announced as the Australian entry for the Foreign Language Film category of the Oscars, and received a total of nine nominations at the 2007 Inside Film Awards, winning five.