the home song stories

the home song stories what a brilliant australian film.
for me, it was comparable to romulus my father which was a book i heavily enjoyed (not so much the movie)

it follows, the events of a hongkong night club singer named rose and her two children.
she meets an australian sailor(bill) and follows him to melbourne. she leaves him after 1 week and travels to sydney going from job to job and boyfriend to boyfriend. soon however, she has no choice but to move back into bill's home back in melbourne. he however has to serve and leaves for 3 months. meanwhile she has an affair with a much younger male named joe, who is an illegal immgrant from hong kong, things get even more complicated when joe and rose's daughter begin feelings for eachother.

this is based on a true story.

the ending came close to making me shed a tear, which is pretty uncommon. the story's protagonist is rose's young son, tony or "di di". i guess i really liked the story because i could really relate to tony on certain levels but of course my life was certainly not as half as tragic.

i think all of the mhs dudes who had read romulous my father and enjoyed it, should really look into this film or the book.

for those who have read the book, its almost like seeing it from christine's perspective.



worth a look.