The Home Song Stories (2007)

Voti degli utenti:

7.2/10   

Regista:

Tony Ayres

Sceneggiatore:

Tony Ayres (written by)

Data di uscita:

23 agosto 2007 (Australia)

Genere:

Drama

Slogan:

How far do you have to journey to find your home?

Plot:

A nightclub singer falls in love with a Chinese illegal immigrant in Australia but is faced with worse consequences when her 16-year-old daughter falls in love with the same man.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Mother Daughter Relationship | Children | Mother Son Relationship | Single Mother

Premi:

21 wins & 22 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Tony Ayres Has Done A Brilliant Job.

Cast

Joan Chen	...	Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Yuwu Qi	...	Joe
Joel Lok	...	Tom
Irene Chen	...	May
Steven Vidler	...	Bill
Kerry Walker	...	Norma
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Gabrielle Chan	...	Winnie
Ferdinand Hoang	...	Bing Guo
Ivy Mak	...	Kim
Pearl Tan	...	Agnes
Haven Tso	...	Wing
Annette Shun Wah	...	Adult May

Alias:

Yi (Singapore: Mandarin title)

Durata:

Germany:103 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Nazionalità:

Australia | Singapore

Lingua:

Inglese | Mandarin | Cantonese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:14A | Netherlands:12

Luoghi delle riprese:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Big & Little Films Pty. Ltd.

Curiosità:

Australia's official submission in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards (2008).

Movie Connections:

Features "The Partridge Family" (1970)

Tony Ayres Has Done A Brilliant Job.

I went to the Australian premiere of "The Home Song Stories" last night, and I'm damn glad I did.

It's a great film.

Tony Ayres has done a magic job of bringing his life story to the big screen, and he's picked a great cast to do it with.

Newcomers John Lok and Irene Chen are fantastic as the young Tony and his older sister, Mei.

Joan Chen's finally found a great role, after a string of awful ones.

She shines as Tony's mother, a former Hong Kong nightclub singer who moves to Australia in 1971 with her two children, after marrying an Australian sailor... who she promptly shoots through on.

I don't really want to tell you too much about the movie, because I'd rather you went and saw it yourself.

All I can say is that it's a great study of immigrant life in the 70's, and a snapshot of Australia at the time.

I'm not sure how wide a release "The Home Song Stories" will get, but if it turns up in your local cinema, go see it.

I haven't enjoyed a film this much in a long time.

To hear an interview with Tony, go to

http://rastous.podomatic.com/entry/2007-02-25T18_39_35-08_00