The Home Song Stories (2007): Cast, Box Office & Plot
The Home Song Stories is a 2007 drama directed by Tony Ayres, starring Joel Lok as Tom, Joan Chen and Irene Chen. It runs 1 hour 43 minutes and earned $388,008 worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 43m (103 min)
- Director
- Tony Ayres
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English
- Studio
- Spark Script Workshop
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Home Song Stories About?
The premise of The Home Song Stories without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
How far do you have to journey to find your home? A glamorous Hong Kong performer struggles to make a home in suburban 1960s Australia.
The Home Song Stories Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- worrying about one's mother
- single mother
- brother sister relationship
- mother son relationship
- mother daughter relationship
- night
- australia
- nightclub
- singer
- chinese
- unrequited love
- sailor
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- illegal immigrant
- childhood
- f rated
- chinese abroad
- flirtatious woman
- heart attack
- theater audience
- dream sequence
- watching a movie
- playing cards
- overdose
- watching tv
- phonograph record
- fantasy sequence
- sex in a car
- record player
- mahjong
- writer
- inter cultural
- suicide by hanging
- adultery
- painter
- flashback
- prayer
- physician
- paranoia
- hospital
- cinema
- guitar
- ambulance
- infidelity
- sex
- music band
- beach
- train
- hong kong
- voice over narration
- mental instability
The Home Song Stories Cast & Characters
Joel Lok leads the cast as Tom, with Joan Chen as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui and Irene Chen as May. Directed by Tony Ayres; 35 actors are credited in all.
- Director Tony Ayres
- Joel Lok as Tom
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Joan Chen as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui - Irene Chen as May
- Steven Vidler as Bill
Also Starring in The Home Song Stories
· 31 more- Kerry Walker Norma
- Qi Yuwu Joe
- Chris Pang May's Date (uncredited)
- Leo Fong Wen Xuan
- Ferdinand Hoang Bing Guo
- Yang Li Mr. Sun
- Gabrielle Chan Winnie
- Desmond Chiam Cinema-goer(uncredited)
- Stephen Payne Coach
- Ivy Mak Kim
- Nicholas Opolski Doctor
- Steven Haas Doctor (uncredited)
- Greg Saunders Paramedic
- Jesse Rowles Nameless foe
- Fred Lee Slick Chinese Man
- Philip Lau Chan
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- William Tang Young Tom
- Pearl Tan Nurse Agnes
- Brenda Palmer Lady lawn bowler
- Annette Shun Wah Adult May
- Jamie Oxenbould Adult Tom(voice)
- Guang Qiao Fenh Young May
- Mia Lethbridge Amanda
- Joe Phua Adult Tom
- Trent Rosenberg Tom's friend
- Haven Tso Wing
- Le Le Wang-Burns Rose's mother
- Thomas Wu Uncle Yung
- Darren Yap Adult Tom
- Yezhen Yuan Young Rose
- Jarett Lee
More from Tony Ayres
More films directed by Tony Ayres, best-rated first: Cut Snake and Sadness.
The Home Song Stories Plot Summary
What happens in The Home Song Stories from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
An intimate, autobiographical drama that quietly redefines Tony Ayres’s childhood with renamed identities, the film unfolds through the voice of an adult Tom, who types the memories into a computer and asks a guiding question about identity: > which defines them, which shapes who they are. Tom, the eight-year-old at the center of the story, narrates a life shaped by migration, family dynamics, and the ache of growing up between two cultures.
Full summary
The whole story of The Home Song Stories, scene by scene
The Home Song Stories Box Office
The Home Song Stories grossed $388,008 worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$388K
- International
- $387.7K
The Home Song Stories Trailers & Videos
The trailer of The Home Song Stories.
How Well Do You Know The Home Song Stories?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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In which year does Rose Hong leave Hong Kong to start a new life in Australia?
The Home Song Stories Also Known As
7 alternative titles, including “La canción de nuestra vida” and “La chanson de notre vie”.
- Also known as
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- La canción de nuestra vida
- La chanson de notre vie
- Taxidi me ti mama...
- Histórias da Vida de Uma Cantora
- Yi
- 家乡的故事
- Poveștile cântecelor de acasă
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Movies Like The Home Song Stories
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Home, Sweet Home, Home at Hong Kong and Homecoming.
The Home Song Stories FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office and post-credit scenes of The Home Song Stories, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Home Song Stories?
The Home Song Stories runs 1 hour 43 minutes (103 minutes).
When was The Home Song Stories released?
The Home Song Stories was released on February 9, 2007.
Who directed The Home Song Stories?
The Home Song Stories was directed by Tony Ayres.
More films by Tony Ayres Who is in the cast of The Home Song Stories?
The Home Song Stories stars Joel Lok as Tom, Joan Chen as Rose Hong / Hong Meigui and Irene Chen as May, among 35 credited actors.
How much did The Home Song Stories make at the box office?
The Home Song Stories grossed $388,008 worldwide.
Does The Home Song Stories have a post-credit scene?
No. The Home Song Stories has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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