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# Every Family Has a Story to Hide
📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Cantonese
,
Mandarin
,
English
📆 Date Released:
2007-02-09
⌚ Running Time:
103 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.1
Beloved Cast
Rose Hong / Hong Meigui
Joan Chen
Joe
Qi Yuwu
Tom
Joel Lok
May
Irene Chen
Bill
Steven Vidler
Norma
Kerry Walker
Winnie
Gabrielle Chan
Young May
Guang Qiao Fenh
Wen Xuan
Leo Fong
Bing Guo
Ferdinand Hoang
Chan
Philip Lau
Slick Chinese Man
Fred Lee
Mr. Sun
Yang Li
Kim
Ivy Mak
Adult May
Annette Shun Wah
Nameless foe
Jesse Rowles
