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The Home Song Stories (2007): Cast, Box Office & Plot

The Home Song Stories (2007) movie poster

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.

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The Home Song Stories (2007) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 43m (103 min)
Director
Tony Ayres
Genre
Drama
Original language
English
After the credits
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The story

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
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Cast & crew

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.

Also Starring in The Home Song Stories

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From the director

More from Tony Ayres

More films directed by Tony Ayres, best-rated first: Cut Snake and Sadness.

Full filmography
Plot

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

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Box office

The Home Song Stories Box Office

The Home Song Stories grossed $388,008 worldwide.

2007 box office

Worldwide gross

$388K

International
$387.7K
Videos

The Home Song Stories Trailers & Videos

The trailer of The Home Song Stories.

The Home Song Stories Australian trailer
Quiz

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?

Details

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
  • 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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FAQ

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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