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The Home Song Stories

The Home Song Stories

Drama
2007, Movie, 1h 43min
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.
Country: Australia,Singapore
Director:
Tony Ayres
Cast:
Joan Chen,
Leo Fong,
Steven Vidler,
Kerry Walker
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Tony Ayres
Director
Tony Ayres
Writer
Joan Chen
As Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Leo Fong
As Wen Xuan
Steven Vidler
As Bill
Kerry Walker
As Norma
Qi Yuwu
As Joe
Jesse Rowles
As Nameless foe

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A powerful and poignant drama that explores the complexities of family, identity, and the immigrant experience. Through the eyes of a young boy, we witness the struggles of his mother, a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, as she navigates a tumultuous relationship with her Australian sailor husband and tries to find her place in a new country. The film is a deeply personal and moving account of one family's struggles with cultural identity, trauma, and the power of storytelling to heal and understand the past.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Home Song Stories include Radio, Nobody Knows, Akeelah and the Bee, The Social Network, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, The Blind Side.

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The Home Song Stories was released in theaters on January 9, 2008.

 

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