The Home Song Stories

The Home Song Stories

Every Family Has a Story to Hide

2007 en 103 minutes

Rating: 6.1

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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Cast

Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Rose Hong / Hong Meigui

Qi Yuwu

Qi Yuwu

Joe

Joel Lok

Joel Lok

Tom

Irene Chen

Irene Chen

May

Steven Vidler

Steven Vidler

Bill

Kerry Walker

Kerry Walker

Norma

Gabrielle Chan

Gabrielle Chan

Winnie

Guang Qiao Fenh

Guang Qiao Fenh

Young May

Leo Fong

Leo Fong

Wen Xuan

Ferdinand Hoang

Ferdinand Hoang

Bing Guo

Philip Lau

Philip Lau

Chan

Fred Lee

Fred Lee

Slick Chinese Man

Yang Li

Yang Li

Mr. Sun

Ivy Mak

Ivy Mak

Kim

Annette Shun Wah

Annette Shun Wah

Adult May

Jesse Rowles

Jesse Rowles

Nameless foe

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