Memorabilia
Just like our memories, the stories we honor tonight were immortalized through a very unique vision of its creators. The winner takes it all.
The Home Song Stories
Every Family Has a Story to Hide
Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.
Top Billed Cast
Joan Chen Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Qi Yuwu Joe
Joel Lok Tom
Irene Chen May
Steven Vidler Bill
Kerry Walker Norma
Gabrielle Chan Winnie
Guang Qiao Fenh Young May
Leo Fong Wen Xuan
Ferdinand Hoang Bing Guo
Philip Lau Chan
Fred Lee Slick Chinese Man
Yang Li Mr. Sun
Ivy Mak Kim
Annette Shun Wah Adult May
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