The Home Song Stories
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In 1964, Hong Kong nightclub singer Rose Hong marries an Australian seaman. She and her two children, Tom and May, return to Australia with him to settle down in his native Victoria. But, shortly after becoming an Australian citizen, Rose leaves her husband and moves to Sydney where she spends seven years working in Chinese restaurants and has several unhappy affairs. She goes back to her husband, Bill, in 1971, and moves with him, the children and Bill's mother Norma to a suburb of Melbourne--until she loses the battle for supremacy to her mother-in-law, who throws her out of the house. She then moves in with Joe, a Chinese cook who is Rose's junior by twenty years, who in fact gets on much better with her daughter, May. Rose misinterprets Joe and May's friendly rapport, and this makes life together impossible. The relationship between mother and daughter now in ruins, it only begins to improve when Rose tells May about her terrible experiences in Shanghai in the 50s. For the first time, May starts to comprehend the reasons for her mother's unsettled nature.
Director
Tony Ayres
Cast
Joan Chen
Joel Lok
Irene Chen
Qi Yuwu
Steven Vidler
Kerry Walker
Darren Yap
Gabrielle Chan
Ferdinand Hoang
Crew
Tony Ayres
Wouter Barendrecht
Nigel Bluck
Melinda Doring
Denise Haratzis
Cappi Ireland
Liz Koops
Annie Maver
Michael Mcmahon
Janie Parker
Antony Partos
Liz Watts
Michael J. Werner
John Wilkinson
Daniel Yun
Anousha Zarkesh
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Released in United States 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States August 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) August 15-26, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.
Based on the childhood of writer/director Tony Ayers.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 8-18, 2007.)
Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) August 15-26, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.)
