The Home Song Stories
09/02/2007
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.
Movie Information
Joan Chen
as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Qi Yuwu
as Joe
Joel Lok
as Tom
Irene Chen
as May
Steven Vidler
as Bill
Kerry Walker
as Norma
Gabrielle Chan
as Winnie
Guang Qiao Fenh
as Young May
Leo Fong
as Wen Xuan
Ferdinand Hoang
as Bing Guo
Philip Lau
as Chan
Fred Lee
as Slick Chinese Man
Yang Li
as Mr. Sun
Ivy Mak
as Kim
Annette Shun Wah
as Adult May
Jesse Rowles
as Nameless foe
