The Home Song Stories (2007)

ALL 02/09/2007 (en) Drama 103 Min
  • Release
    02/09/2007
  • Production
    Spark Script Workshop, Film Victoria, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, SBS Independent, Fortissimo Films, Big & Little Films Pty. Ltd., Porchlight Films, ScreenWest, Lotterywest, Australian Film Board, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation
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    61%
  • Original title
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Every Family Has a Story to Hide

Overview

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.

  1. Tony Ayres

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Joan Chen

    Rose Hong / Hong Meigui

  2. Qi Yuwu

    Joe

  3. Joel Lok

    Tom

  4. Irene Chen

    May

  5. Steven Vidler

    Bill

  6. Kerry Walker

    Norma

  7. Gabrielle Chan

    Winnie

  8. Guang Qiao Fenh

    Young May

  9. Leo Fong

    Wen Xuan

  10. Ferdinand Hoang

    Bing Guo

  11. Philip Lau

    Chan

  12. Fred Lee

    Slick Chinese Man

  13. Yang Li

    Mr. Sun

  14. Ivy Mak

    Kim

  15. Annette Shun Wah

    Adult May

  16. Jesse Rowles

    Nameless foe

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 16 , Crews : 16

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The Home Song Stories (2007) 103 Min

ALL 02/09/2007 (en)
Drama
  • Release 02/09/2007
  • Production
    Spark Script Workshop, Film Victoria, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, SBS Independent, Fortissimo Films, Big & Little Films Pty. Ltd., Porchlight Films, ScreenWest, Lotterywest, Australian Film Board, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation
  • Original title
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Every Family Has a Story to Hide

Overview

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.

  1. Tony Ayres

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Denise Haratzis

    Editor

  4. Michael McMahon, Liz Watts

    Producer