The Home Song Stories (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Tony Ayres

Guionista:

Tony Ayres (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 agosto 2007 (Australia)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

A man remembers his childhood and his mother, a Chinese night club singer who struggled to survive in Australia with her two children.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Son | Australia | Daughter | Unrequited Love

Premios:

21 wins & 22 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Tony Ayres Has Done A Brilliant Job.

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Yi (Singapore: Mandarin title)

Duración:

Germany:103 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

País:

Australia | Singapore

Idioma:

Inglés | Mandarin | Cantonés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Compañía:

Big & Little Films Pty. Ltd.

Trivialidades:

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

Conexiones de Película:

Apariciones "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