Réalisation:
Tony AyresPhotographie:
Nigel BluckMusique:
Antony PartosActeurs·trices:
Joan Chen, Chris Pang, Ivy Mak, Yu-wu Qi, Kerry Walker, Steven Vidler, Pearl Tan, Joel Lok, Desmond Chiam, Brenda Palmer, Gabrielle Chan, Leo FongRésumés(1)
The moving story of a Chinese woman who came to Australia in the midsixties. A tale based on true events, told from her children's perspective. In 1964, Hong Kong nightclub singer Rose Hong marries an Australian seaman. She and her two children, Tom and May, return to Australia with him to settle down in his native Victoria. But, shortly after becoming an Austra lian citizen, Rose leaves her husband and moves to Sydney where she spends seven years working in Chinese restaurants and has several unhappy affairs. She goes back to her husband, Bill, in 1971, and moves with him, the children and Bill's mother Norma to a suburb of Melbourne - until she loses the battle for supremacy to her mother-in-law, who throws her out of the house. She then moves in with Joe, a Chinese cook who is Rose's junior by twenty years, who in fact gets on much better with her daughter, May. Rose misinterprets Joe and May's friendly rapport, and this makes life together impossible. The relationship between mother and daughter now in ruins, it only begins to improve when Rose tells May about her terrible experiences in Shanghai in the 50s. For the first time, May starts to comprehend the reasons for her mother's unsettled nature ... (Berlinale)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Joan Chen
Chine
Meilleurs films :
Le Dernier Empereur (1987)
Entre ciel et terre (1993)
Twin Peaks : Les pièces manquantes du dossier (2014)
Chris Pang
Meilleurs films :
Palm Springs (2020)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Wo hu cang long 2: Qing ming bao jian (2016)
Ivy Mak
Meilleurs films :
Le Secret des Finch (2015)
Happy Feet 2 (2011)
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Yu-wu Qi
Chine
Meilleurs films :
Men tu (2007)
Jian dang wei ye (2011)
14 Blades (2010)
Kerry Walker
Australie
Meilleurs films :
Moulin Rouge ! (2001)
La Leçon de piano (1993)
Australia (2008)
Steven Vidler
Australie
Meilleurs films :
La Ligne rouge (1998)
The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (téléfilm)
Napoléon (1995)
Pearl Tan
Meilleurs films :
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Desmond Chiam
Australie
Meilleurs films :
Joy Ride (2023)
Five Blind Dates (2024)
Brenda Palmer
Meilleurs films :
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Judy & Punch (2019)
Gabrielle Chan
Meilleurs films :
Jasper Jones (2017)
Les Expatriés (2024) (série)
Five Blind Dates (2024)
Leo Fong
Chine
Meilleurs films :
Cage II (1994)
Blood Street (1988)
Low Blow (1986)