The Home Song Stories

The Home Song Stories (2007)

Released: 2007-02-09 Duration: 1hr 43min
Genres: Drama
Rating 6.1
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.

Production Companies

Spark Script Workshop
Film Victoria
Film Victoria
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures
SBS Independent
Fortissimo Films
Fortissimo Films
Big & Little Films Pty. Ltd.
Porchlight Films
Porchlight Films
ScreenWest
ScreenWest
Lotterywest
Lotterywest
Australian Film Board
New South Wales Film & Television Office
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Australian Film Finance Corporation

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 1.499

Directed By

Tony Ayres

Crew

Script Supervisor
Paul Kiely
Writer
Tony Ayres
Executive Producer
Liz Koops
Director
Tony Ayres
Executive Producer
Wouter Barendrecht
Producer
Michael McMahon
Executive Producer
Daniel Yun
Costume Design
Cappi Ireland
Producer
Liz Watts
Executive Producer
Michael J. Werner
Production Design
Melinda Doring
Set Decoration
Glen W. Johnson
Director of Photography
Nigel Bluck
Original Music Composer
Antony Partos

TOP CAST

Joan Chen
Joan Chen

Rose Hong / Hong Meigui

Guang Qiao Fenh
Guang Qiao Fenh

Young May

Leo Fong
Leo Fong

Wen Xuan

Fred Lee
Fred Lee

Slick Chinese Man

Yang Li
Yang Li

Mr. Sun

Jesse Rowles
Jesse Rowles

Nameless foe

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