| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 39 min. 34 sec.) ; 593714131 bytes |
| Summary |
Winner of eight AFI awards including Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Best Lead Actress; and five IF awards, Home Song Stories tells the true story of Rose (Joan Chen), a glamorous nightclub singer from Shanghai who marries an Australian sailor and migrates with her young son and daughter to Melbourne. Rose's past is one of lost innocence and she begins a cycle of dependence and desperation to create a family for herself and her children, culminating with her affair with Joe, an illegal immigrant from Hong Kong. Based on writer/director Tony Ayres' own life this film is an epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, betrayal and secrets. Stars Joan Chen, Joel Lok, Qi Yuwu, and Irene Chen. (From Australia, in English, Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles) (Drama) (2007) |
| Event |
Broadcast 2013-07-23 at 13:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Emigration and immigration.
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Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
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Mother and child.
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Women -- Social life and customs.
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Victoria -- Melbourne.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Ayres, Tony, director
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Chen, Irene, cast
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Chen, Joan, cast
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Lok, Joel, cast
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Phua, Joe, cast
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Tso, Haven, cast
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Vidler, Steven, cast
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Walker, Kerry, cast
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Wu, Qi Yu, cast
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