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00:00:48 If everyone has one story
00:00:52 which shapes who they are,
00:00:56 then this is mine.
00:01:08 This story is about my childhood.
00:01:11 My sister and me.
00:01:17 Most of all, this story is about my mother,
00:01:21 the nightclub singer.
00:01:38 I write it over and over,
00:01:42 trying to understand her,
00:01:46 and all the things that she did.
00:02:17 In 1964, my mother followed
00:02:19 an Australian sailor to Melbourne.
00:02:37 She and Uncle Bill got married.
00:02:44 Look at the camera.
00:02:46 Smile.
00:02:50 A week later she left him.
00:03:03 Wah! Hong Mei Wah!
00:03:05 What are you doing in Sydney?
00:03:07 I've come to see you, Uncle Wu.
00:03:15 For the next seven years,
00:03:17 we drifted,
00:03:20 from place to place
00:03:25 and from uncle to uncle.
00:03:47 But somehow, none of my mother's
00:04:02 By 1971,
00:04:04 we had one option left
00:04:07 to go back to Melbourne;
00:04:09 back to Uncle Bill.
00:04:12 That year,
00:04:14 That was the year our lives changed forever.
00:04:27 Why such a long face?
00:04:30 Why do we have to move all the time?
00:04:33 This is a new life. You should be happy.
00:04:37 Yes, ma.
00:04:39 Not "yes ma, no ma".
00:04:41 Be happy!
00:04:44 Be happy!
00:04:46 Don't!
00:05:08 Where is he?
00:05:13 There he is.
00:05:21 I wasn't sure if...
00:05:23 Thank you.
00:05:25 Everything go Okay? No problems?
00:05:28 No problem.
00:05:29 Good
00:05:31 I'm really glad you made it.
00:05:35 Hello Uncle Bill.
00:05:37 Not uncle. Father.
00:05:39 He your father.
00:05:49 You must be tired.
00:05:51 Thank you.
00:05:53 I didn't get a chance to tell you,
00:05:54 but there's someone else
00:05:56 It's only temporary, you know,
00:06:00 You have girlfriend?
00:06:02 No, no, nothing like that... no...
00:06:06 just, I'm away so much with the navy.
00:06:09 I needed someone to look after the place.
00:06:12 So my mum moved in.
00:06:39 Hello.
00:07:07 You let me know if there's
00:07:09 Thank you, Aunty Norma.
00:07:11 Grandma. Thank you, grandma.
00:07:18 Golden Princess attacks the Jade Warrior
00:07:20 Hai!
00:07:22 Tickle, tickle, tickle.
00:07:42 Make yourself at home.
00:07:44 You know, anything you need.
00:07:51 I reckon we can work things out.
00:07:59 You look good.
00:08:06 You good man.
00:08:08 You take care of us.
00:08:22 Ma!
00:08:29 Blood too hot. Must make cool.
00:08:33 You right?
00:08:50 We make house beautiful.
00:09:06 Hey Ma, I found this.
00:09:08 Ah, clever boy.
00:09:14 From China. Very expensive.
00:09:37 Thank you.
00:09:41 There's a letter for you on the dresser.
00:09:43 From the Department.
00:09:44 Thanks.
00:09:50 Dede!
00:09:58 That door jamb needs fixing.
00:10:00 You'll have to get some wood putty.
00:10:01 You didn't have to...
00:10:06 How's dinner?
00:10:08 Very nice.
00:10:11 Tell the old cow the food is good.
00:10:15 This food is delicious, Grandma.
00:10:20 Yeah.
00:10:23 I feel sick.
00:10:25 She try poison us. True!
00:10:29 Tomorrow we get real food.
00:10:32 No more eat old cow food.
00:10:34 How long are we staying?
00:10:36 Always stay.
00:10:38 This our home now.
00:10:42 Yeah, but that's what you always say.
00:10:44 Cheeky boy.
00:10:47 You naughty tonight.
00:10:51 When old cow go,
00:10:53 you two can have your own room, eh?
00:10:55 Be like Australian.
00:11:00 Your mother make everything good, eh?
00:11:15 Oh sorry, sorry. Sorry.
00:11:27 I've decided to read the whole encyclopedia.
00:11:30 So when I finish, I'll know everything.
00:11:36 You're weird.
00:11:39 What are you writing?
00:11:41 Bet you it's about boys.
00:11:45 You go how long?
00:11:49 Four months, tops. It'll go quickly.
00:11:54 Your mother? She stay?
00:11:59 Look, I know it's not what we planned,
00:12:01 but it'll work out. I promise.
00:12:15 I'll send more as soon as I can.
00:13:32 Do you need a menu?
00:13:40 Hello, how are you?
00:13:43 You have to order from the waitress.
00:13:45 I don't want what you serve Australians.
00:13:47 I want to see your real Chinese food.
00:13:52 Is your tofu fresh?
00:13:56 You have to try it.
00:14:01 Who are you?
00:14:03 I've just moved here from Hong Kong.
00:14:05 You don't sound like
00:14:07 I grew up in Shanghai.
00:14:09 My Cantonese isn't very good.
00:14:13 You speak with a Shanghai accent.
00:14:15 Table five is in a hurry.
00:14:18 You're from Hong Kong, aren't you?
00:14:20 Where did you live?
00:14:23 I lived there too. Which street?
00:14:26 Tsim Sha Tsui.
00:14:28 So we were neighbours.
00:14:30 I lived in Hau Fook Street.
00:14:33 My name is Rose.
00:14:35 I'm Ah Yin, call me Winnie.
00:14:40 Joe. My name is Joe.
00:14:48 Eat up.
00:15:00 Shao Wah...
00:15:01 Yes ma.
00:15:06 You write to him today,
00:15:10 he has to send more money.
00:15:15 How can we live on what he left us?
00:15:20 He promised he'd take care of us.
00:15:30 Hurry up, lazy bones.
00:15:33 Where are we going?
00:15:34 How would I know?
00:15:36 Jade Warrior attacks
00:15:38 Dag.
00:15:39 Hai! Hai!
00:15:49 Look at you, Rose,
00:15:51 I've brought my children to
00:15:53 Good, we're about to eat.
00:15:57 This is the owner, Bing.
00:16:01 This is Hong Mei Gwei.
00:16:05 She's the famous singer
00:16:07 I told you about.
00:16:09 An honour to meet you,
00:16:13 Come join us.
00:16:15 We don't want to be any trouble.
00:16:18 Please. There's plenty of room.
00:16:21 You're my guests today.
00:16:22 If you insist.
00:16:24 Thank Uncle.
00:16:26 Thank you, Uncle.
00:16:31 Chan was the head chef at
00:16:36 One of my favourite restaurants.
00:16:39 That's where all the nightclub
00:16:44 You have good taste.
00:16:45 Frances Yip loved my salty chicken.
00:16:51 Kim came from Taishan.
00:16:54 Hello Aunty.
00:16:56 You're a village girl,
00:17:02 Here's our apprentice cook with
00:17:05 his specialty, ginger fish.
00:17:09 Nice to see you, Rose.
00:17:13 Nice seeing you, Joe.
00:17:42 I sang this song at the Phoenix Club.
00:18:29 Don't wake up the old cow.
00:18:36 Pour Mama a drink.
00:18:40 Ma, you have to go to bed now.
00:18:42 One more drink.
00:18:43 Go to sleep.
00:19:01 Go to bed.
00:20:14 Why can't I come with you?
00:20:16 You don't want to come. Too boring.
00:20:20 Go to park. Play with friends.
00:20:24 I don't have any friends.
00:20:27 Ai-ya! The air in this country is too dry.
00:20:32 Make skin like paper.
00:20:43 When a woman gets old,
00:20:48 She is useless.
00:21:22 Your mother beautiful?
00:21:24 Yes, Mama.
00:21:30 Don't worry, Dede.
00:21:35 I'll be your friend.
00:21:37 Yeah, but you're my mother...
00:21:42 You have to grow up to be big and strong.
00:21:45 So you can take care of your mother!
00:21:49 Look after her when she's ugly and old.
00:21:53 Take care of her.
00:22:31 They raided my place last night.
00:22:33 Immigration took two men away.
00:22:36 What will happen to them?
00:22:39 They'll be deported.
00:22:42 I was lucky.
00:22:44 I was playing mahjong with Bing.
00:22:50 But I can't stay there any more.
00:22:52 It's too risky.
00:22:56 Where will you go?
00:23:03 I don't know.
00:23:06 Maybe Sydney.
00:23:08 Bing will find me a job there.
00:23:11 Are you leaving me?
00:23:14 Don't you like me?
00:23:25 If lmmigration catches me,
00:23:27 they'll send me back to Hong Kong.
00:23:32 It's different for you.
00:23:34 You have citizenship.
00:23:56 Number eight please, Sir.
00:23:58 Number eight; good luck girls.
00:24:01 Which one vowel does not
00:24:04 'l.'
00:24:05 'l.'
00:24:06 -Yes! -Right.
00:24:07 Who is Britain's heir apparent?
00:24:09 Prince Charles.
00:24:10 Right.
00:24:11 In which sport is the expression
00:24:14 Running.
00:24:14 Trotting.
00:24:16 Yes, we'll accept that, or running.
00:24:17 Which heavenly body is referred
00:24:19 to by the Greek prefix...
00:24:24 Hello Ma.
00:24:28 This Joe. My auntie's son.
00:24:33 Just move here from Hong Kong.
00:24:36 He have nowhere to stay.
00:24:39 Hello, Auntie.
00:24:42 Only stay few day.
00:24:44 He sleep in back...
00:24:47 I write my husband. He say Okay.
00:24:51 It's not my house.
00:25:01 Hello.
00:25:03 Remember Uncle Joe?
00:25:23 Where are we?
00:25:28 I don't know.
00:25:31 Just drive.
00:25:36 I'm bored.
00:25:37 Read your comic.
00:25:40 Ma, I'm bored.
00:26:00 When I was a girl,
00:26:02 I brushed my mother's hair every morning.
00:26:07 Those were the happiest times for me.
00:26:13 Let me brush your hair.
00:26:21 You're growing up.
00:26:24 Be a woman soon.
00:26:30 You must study hard. Understand?
00:26:36 Don't make the same mistakes
00:26:53 ...get happy...
00:27:19 You like?
00:27:22 Sugar cane. Very juicy.
00:27:25 I've sent a letter to Bill.
00:27:26 I've asked him to ring me.
00:27:29 Hard to ring from boat.
00:27:32 Come on, let's get out of here.
00:27:34 Bye-bye. Bye.
00:27:42 She go soon.
00:27:44 Here is better than a boarding house.
00:27:48 You're a crazy woman.
00:29:00 You cannot escape my jade sword,
00:29:07 Ha, Jade Warrior,
00:29:08 your jade sword means nothing against
00:29:19 Hai! Hai!
00:29:20 Hai! Hai! Hai!
00:29:29 Get out of here, you filth!
00:29:32 You... Chinese. Get out!
00:29:37 After everything he's done for you,
00:29:40 how could you?
00:29:41 What's happening?
00:29:42 Hurry up. Get dressed.
00:29:45 He should never have taken you back.
00:29:47 I warned him.
00:29:50 This is going to break his heart.
00:29:53 Ungrateful, ungrateful.
00:29:57 Haven't you got anything
00:30:00 I know you can understand me!
00:30:03 What have you got to say? Eh?
00:30:08 Get out!
00:30:12 Why are we leaving?
00:30:14 You work it out.
00:31:19 We rented the place to
00:31:22 They didn't look after the place.
00:31:25 What's the smell?
00:31:26 Just open the windows.
00:31:28 Give me two weeks' rent,
00:31:30 and you can have it now.
00:31:34 If you rent from Australians,
00:31:35 they'll need your passports,
00:31:40 You're lucky to have a friend like me.
00:31:53 Thank you.
00:32:23 This our new home.
00:32:31 I need to talk to him.
00:32:38 Why are you pulling a long face?
00:32:42 I don't have a long face!
00:32:47 Uncle Joe good man.
00:32:49 That's what you said about Uncle Bill.
00:32:51 Ai ya! Cheeky boy!
00:32:54 Uncle Bill not Chinese.
00:33:00 Your mother tries her best.
00:33:04 Not easy for her.
00:33:15 I think I want to be a dentist.
00:34:06 For your birthday.
00:34:22 You like?
00:34:26 Good.
00:34:30 I have to pay the electricity bill tomorrow.
00:34:43 We could go to movies tonight.
00:34:45 Celebrate.
00:34:53 I said I'd play mahjong with Bing.
00:34:56 You played mahjong two nights ago.
00:35:01 That's why I have to play tonight.
00:35:04 How much did you lose?
00:35:08 We can't afford for you
00:35:14 Why don't you want to stay with us?
00:35:17 You go out every night.
00:35:21 You all depend on me.
00:35:23 I have to work.
00:35:25 I pay the rent, I feed these children.
00:35:30 I'll ring Bing,
00:35:32 tell him that you can't make it.
00:35:34 Stay with us. Stay with me.
00:35:37 Please.
00:35:45 Stay!
00:36:06 Look Ma, I've finished my food.
00:37:20 Don't do that. Put that one there.
00:37:22 Where?
00:37:24 Here.
00:37:41 Can we leave now?
00:37:46 Do you want me to stay with you?
00:37:51 You take the children. I'll be back soon.
00:37:54 We'll wait for you.
00:37:57 No need.
00:38:03 It's your turn.
00:38:14 My luck has gone.
00:38:30 I can talk to Winnie.
00:38:32 She can help us.
00:38:35 I owe too much money.
00:38:36 Come on. She's our friend.
00:38:39 She'll lend us money.
00:38:44 If I take this job,
00:38:46 I'll pay my debts in three months.
00:38:48 If I stay here,
00:38:49 I won't save a cent.
00:38:51 But what about me?
00:38:53 What about my children?
00:38:56 How will they eat?
00:38:59 I'll send you money.
00:39:01 You won't come back!
00:39:03 You'll find someone else.
00:39:06 Why are you doing this to me?
00:39:09 You give me hope, then you take it away.
00:39:13 Don't talk like that.
00:39:14 You don't trust me?
00:39:15 I thought you were different,
00:39:18 you're just like the rest, you bastard!
00:39:23 Come back, come back...
00:39:25 Come back!....
00:40:27 Ma.
00:40:30 Ma, you forgot to turn off the bath!
00:40:35 Ma! Wake up!
00:40:52 Where are you going?
00:40:53 To the hospital. Come on.
00:40:54 I don't want to.
00:40:55 Don't be stupid, Tom, you have to.
00:40:57 I want you to stay.
00:40:58 We have to go.
00:41:00 Get in!
00:41:02 We've to go, love.
00:41:09 I'll ring you from the hospital.
00:42:02 Has she tried to do this before?
00:42:07 Always with pills?
00:43:00 Hey! Wake up.
00:43:09 Where have you been?
00:43:12 Go to bed.
00:43:49 Doctor say, sometime
00:43:54 Do things she not mean to.
00:43:59 All I have now are you two.
00:44:05 You are my life.
00:44:10 Dede. Dede...
00:44:16 Dede, you love your mother.
00:44:23 Look after her.
00:44:26 Help her get strong.
00:44:32 Next time if I do something,
00:44:34 you tell me,
00:44:36 You're being a bad mother,
00:44:41 then I promise I wont do this again.
00:45:43 Never.
00:45:44 Ma, I got the best mark in
00:45:58 Here, Ma, your favourite.
00:46:10 I spoke to Bing.
00:46:12 You can come back to the restaurant
00:46:17 Work day time this time with Winnie.
00:46:19 It's more easy.
00:47:03 Hurry up, Tom.
00:47:05 One sec.
00:47:09 Come on.
00:48:19 Rock music, huh? You like?
00:48:22 It's alright.
00:48:25 Good music for young people.
00:48:27 I guess so.
00:48:30 You, me. We're young people.
00:48:34 Drive you to school, more easy for you.
00:48:37 Thank you, Uncle Joe.
00:48:41 Not Uncle Joe. Just Joe...
00:48:47 Thank you... Joe.
00:49:02 Where have you been?
00:49:04 I drove your children to school.
00:49:06 You don't have to do that.
00:49:08 I thought you wanted me to.
00:49:12 Can you give me a hand?
00:49:15 Wring out these sheets.
00:49:35 Come on boys! Come on, come on.
00:49:44 Spread out. Play your positions.
00:49:51 Hand ball, hand ball.
00:49:53 Who threw that?
00:50:02 Mark it! Mark it!
00:50:47 It's a mark. Yes!
00:50:52 May... Jade Warrior kicked a goal!
00:50:54 Don't you knock?
00:50:56 Why should l, it's my room.
00:51:00 Your sister, very good.
00:51:02 Can play rock'n'roll music!
00:51:26 Two clubs.
00:51:36 Two hearts.
00:51:45 Chan wants me to prepare a banquet.
00:51:49 What time will you be home?
00:51:51 I don't know.
00:51:52 Don't wait for me. Go to sleep yourself.
00:51:55 When I get home, you go to work.
00:51:58 When I go to work, you go to sleep.
00:51:59 I never see you.
00:52:06 I can't talk now.
00:52:08 I have to go, or I'll be late.
00:52:26 Why are you still studying?
00:52:28 You didn't wash the dishes.
00:52:30 I haven't finished my homework yet.
00:52:32 Why not?
00:52:34 Are you stupid?
00:52:35 They gave me extra.
00:52:37 She was playing guitar for Uncle Joe,
00:52:40 that's why she hasn't finished.
00:52:49 Waste your time in the day!
00:52:51 Waste your time at night!
00:52:53 Clean the kitchen!
00:53:23 You look pretty.
00:53:27 Double dagger attack! Hai!
00:53:31 -Dragon claw technique! -Don't.
00:53:35 Tickle, tickle.
00:53:38 Don't!
00:54:08 Ai ya, Rose.
00:54:10 Winnie.
00:54:11 Look at you.
00:54:16 I'm glad you're here.
00:54:18 Everyone is looking at me.
00:54:20 You look like a movie star,
00:54:22 even when you wash dishes.
00:54:26 It's good to see you out again, Rose.
00:54:30 Hey, look at your daughter,
00:54:34 You should come and work for me.
00:54:36 We can always use a pretty young waitress.
00:54:39 Maybe next year.
00:54:40 She has to concentrate on her studies first.
00:54:43 Thank Uncle.
00:54:44 Thank you, Uncle.
00:55:53 Should I ring Uncle Bing about the job, ma?
00:55:55 Then we can all work at the restaurant.
00:55:57 Work at night with you. You like that.
00:56:01 We could save up money for
00:56:03 Why you dress like that?
00:56:04 Like cheap slut.
00:56:05 Show your arms, show your shoulder.
00:56:08 That why Bing want you work.
00:56:09 It was too hot for the cardigan.
00:56:11 Put me to shame. Shame whole family.
00:56:14 Why you talking to her like that?
00:56:18 Work with her then.
00:56:20 When I die, you marry her too.
00:56:23 What are you talking about?
00:56:25 Be better for everyone if I die.
00:56:28 Stop talking rubbish!
00:56:33 Why do you want to go?
00:56:36 You're seeing someone else!
00:56:39 Why are you saying that?
00:56:42 -Nonsense. -I know you are!
00:56:45 You always talk rubbish.
00:56:47 Let go of me. Let go!
00:56:51 If you leave, I'll kill myself.
00:56:53 - I will -Don't you dare.
00:56:57 Don't threaten me!
00:56:59 I will. I've done it before, you know that.
00:57:03 Of course I know.
00:57:03 Listen to me. Listen!
00:57:08 I won't let you go. Please don't leave.
00:57:11 -Don't go. -Let go!
00:57:13 -Let go of me! -I won't let you go.
00:57:17 Kill yourself then.
00:57:20 Go on, do it. Kill yourself!
00:57:23 Everyone will be better off.
00:57:49 Come here.
00:57:52 How many times? Eh?
00:57:54 You little slut.
00:57:55 How can you betray your own mother?
00:57:58 Come over here.
00:58:02 Look at that face. Look at yourself.
00:58:05 This is the face that killed your mother.
00:58:08 Are you proud of yourself?
00:58:17 Open the door!
00:58:20 I should never have had you.
00:58:23 You've ruined my life.
00:58:25 I should have gotten rid of you.
00:58:41 But few of these creatures can live
00:58:44 except in summer.
00:58:46 Protected only by fur or feathers,
00:58:49 the rest must retreat to the edge of the ice pack
00:58:51 when winter comes.
00:59:16 For the men on the ice,
00:59:18 this is the loneliest time.
00:59:20 Memories of homes and families become...
00:59:23 Promise me that you won't touch her again.
00:59:28 Then I'll forgive you.
00:59:33 You're crazy.
00:59:36 Promise me you won't touch her,
00:59:38 and you can stay.
00:59:44 Where's May?
00:59:45 She's in the bathroom.
00:59:58 Are you all right? Come out.
01:00:02 Let her rot in there.
01:00:07 Come out! Don't be afraid.
01:00:11 Come out! Don't be afraid.
01:00:13 I'm here, nobody can hurt you.
01:00:21 Come out.
01:00:22 Are you all right?
01:00:25 May! May!
01:00:36 May! May!
01:00:47 Look what you've done.
01:00:49 She's your daughter!
01:01:50 Little man...
01:01:53 be strong, look after your family.
01:02:10 They're all useless. Selfish.
01:02:17 You slave all your life for them
01:02:19 You should make her kowtow to you.
01:02:22 Beg for your forgiveness.
01:03:01 Dear God, please look after my sister...
01:03:06 Dear God, please look after my sister...
01:03:08 Dear God, please look after my sister...
01:03:11 Dear God, please look after my sister...
01:03:14 Dear God, please look after my sister...
01:03:58 Ma, there's nothing for breakfast.
01:04:17 I brought you some stuff.
01:04:19 So you can study.
01:04:21 Thanks...
01:04:22 I wasn't sure if you wanted to
01:04:24 so I brought both.
01:04:31 You should be at school.
01:04:32 School's for retards.
01:04:35 You're a retard.
01:04:43 How's mum?
01:04:45 Still asleep.
01:04:46 Why? What's wrong with her?
01:04:48 I don't know.
01:04:49 Did you ring a doctor?
01:04:50 No.
01:04:51 Tom, you have to watch
01:04:54 You know what she's like.
01:04:56 You have to take care of her!
01:04:58 Why should l?
01:04:59 Because she's your mum.
01:05:00 I don't care!
01:05:01 Don't say that!
01:05:02 -It's true, I don't care! -Don't!
01:05:03 -I hate her! -Stop it!
01:05:04 -Shut up! -I wish she was dead!
01:06:15 One heart.
01:06:20 One diamond.
01:06:27 No bid.
01:07:31 Dede.
01:07:46 You won't be long here, right?
01:07:48 Ai ya! You poor mother.
01:07:50 Have such a hard life.
01:08:02 Here's our young guest. Come in.
01:08:09 Hi, little man!
01:08:10 Hello, Uncle Joe.
01:08:18 Not much space,
01:08:22 Ai ya! The crab was bad.
01:09:03 One day, you will be even more beautiful.
01:09:08 More beautiful than your mother.
01:09:13 I'll never be as beautiful as you.
01:09:21 You must learn to cherish life.
01:09:24 Life is a gift.
01:09:31 I wasn't always like this, Shao Wah.
01:09:37 I want to tell you a story.
01:09:42 Is that all right?
01:09:46 Because I was the youngest girl,
01:09:53 I had the lowliest place in the family.
01:10:04 Stupid girl!
01:10:06 Do you think you can waste our food?
01:10:09 Get out of here!
01:10:19 At your age, I was married off.
01:10:23 His name was Sun.
01:10:31 Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you.
01:10:39 But Mr. Sun was a cruel man.
01:10:46 When I was seventeen years old,
01:10:56 I had a baby girl.
01:11:02 But I was a child myself.
01:11:07 I didn't know how to take care of a baby.
01:11:11 So my first daughter, your older sister, died.
01:11:22 The year after, I had another daughter.
01:11:28 She died too.
01:11:33 After that,
01:11:34 I had no more children with Mr. Sun.
01:11:41 Eight years passed.
01:11:43 Mr.Sun had taken a concubine.
01:11:47 My family had forgotten about me.
01:11:52 Life was not worth living.
01:11:59 Then one day...
01:12:02 my life changed.
01:12:06 Get his bags.
01:12:11 Wen Xuan was Mr. Sun's youngest brother.
01:12:18 He was injured...
01:12:20 during the war.
01:12:27 Wen Xuan was the opposite of Sun.
01:12:34 Thank you.
01:12:36 He was gentle and kind.
01:12:50 He made me feel happy.
01:13:21 He was the only man I ever loved.
01:13:33 It was a huge scandal,
01:13:36 a disgrace to both our families.
01:13:41 We ran away to Shanghai.
01:13:45 Because of his illness,
01:13:52 For years we had nothing.
01:14:00 He started to cough up blood.
01:14:06 Write to your brother.
01:14:26 I've ruined your life.
01:14:27 Don't say that.
01:14:29 I can endure anything
01:14:31 if I am with you.
01:14:35 Nothing is too hard.
01:14:44 Because I could not read,
01:14:45 I didn't know what Xuan really wrote.
01:14:49 I found out later.
01:14:51 He had not asked for money.
01:14:56 He had begged Sun to take me back.
01:15:01 I helped an old woman in the street,
01:15:03 so she gave me a piece of fruit.
01:15:04 Our luck is changing.
01:15:15 I wanted to kill myself, too.
01:15:19 But I was pregnant.
01:15:26 It was you. You saved me.
01:15:34 It's always you. You always save me.
01:15:54 Why do my horses always run slow.
01:15:56 You need to think when you bet.
01:15:59 The more you want to win,
01:16:01 What are you talking about?
01:16:03 You lose more money than I do!
01:16:32 Hey, matey.
01:16:33 Hi, Uncle Bill.
01:16:38 So how have you been, mate?
01:16:39 Good.
01:17:00 The hospital called the Navy social worker.
01:17:02 She arranged for me
01:17:07 Thank you.
01:17:10 And um... Mum's moved out of my house.
01:17:15 So there's room in there, y'know...
01:17:18 if you want.
01:17:31 I don't know what to say.
01:17:34 I wish...
01:17:40 You good man.
01:17:48 I wish things had worked out.
01:17:57 How's the ping pong going, mate?
01:17:59 When we going to have that game?
01:18:03 Thanks. I love moon cakes!
01:18:05 My favourite, too.
01:18:06 Don't tell anyone.
01:18:07 I'm supposed to pretend
01:18:13 You'll have to come back tomorrow.
01:18:16 Sorry. Don't know what's right time.
01:18:20 OK, I'll allow a quick visit.
01:18:28 -Hey. -Hi.
01:18:31 Bring you some food.
01:18:33 Don't want you to get skinny.
01:18:39 -Moon cakes.
01:18:56 Every day, I think, should I come?
01:19:00 But, no want to cause trouble.
01:19:07 I hear what your mother do.
01:19:10 I feel very bad.
01:19:13 It's not your fault.
01:19:18 Have been thinking about you a lot.
01:19:22 You and your mother,
01:19:27 I know.
01:19:31 Maybe, when you get out of hospital,
01:19:34 you need to find new place.
01:19:36 I can help you.
01:19:38 We can find a place together.
01:19:41 You a good girl...
01:19:44 beautiful...
01:19:51 Please go...
01:19:54 Sorry?
01:19:57 Please go...
01:20:13 Please...
01:20:46 You young girl. Need your mother.
01:20:48 You right?
01:20:51 Yes.
01:20:53 I'll give you a call later on tonight.
01:20:55 Help you settle in.
01:21:18 Don't worry yourself.
01:21:25 What've you got in here?
01:21:27 That's a nice bike.
01:21:28 Yeah, my mum got it for my birthday.
01:21:30 She said I'd grow into it.
01:21:33 It's cool.
01:21:34 Yeah,
01:21:35 but what if I don't grow into it.
01:21:37 I'll have to wheel it around
01:21:39 Maybe you could ride it
01:22:07 You should've seen her,
01:22:09 she was wearing this
01:22:11 it was all open,
01:22:13 you could see her tits hanging out
01:22:16 She looked like a zombie.
01:23:18 He brings us back here,
01:23:21 then leaves us again.
01:23:26 This happens every time.
01:23:33 This place smells like old woman.
01:23:40 I see her ghost everywhere.
01:23:43 This country is cursed.
01:23:47 We should never have come here.
01:23:53 My old boss in Hong Kong rang me.
01:23:59 He says he misses me very much.
01:24:03 Everyone asks where Rose has gone.
01:24:07 If I return to Hong Kong,
01:24:09 he'll give me back my old job.
01:24:16 We can sell some things and
01:24:31 When we get back to Hong Kong,
01:24:36 We can have the food we like,
01:24:40 and you can make lots of good friends.
01:24:44 Don't!
01:24:45 I don't want to go to Hong Kong.
01:24:46 -Shut up, Tom! -You go to Hong Kong!
01:24:49 -I hate you! -Stop it!
01:24:50 Go away!
01:24:57 Dede! Dede!
01:25:08 Dede!
01:25:16 Dede?
01:25:22 I know you not mean to say
01:25:23 bad things about your mother.
01:25:27 You good boy. You understand.
01:25:33 Your mother always thinking about you.
01:25:38 Always want best for you.
01:25:50 Don't worry,
01:25:52 your mother make everything good.
01:26:32 Of all the things
01:26:38 this is what I remember the most.
01:27:45 Lift, Tom, lift!
01:27:49 I can't! She's too heavy!
01:27:51 You have to carry her!
01:27:53 Where are you going? May!
01:28:06 It won't cut! It won't cut!
01:28:30 I don't understand
01:28:31 how a mother can do that to her children.
01:28:35 You're right. She fooled us all.
01:28:47 Ready?
01:29:19 Yes...
01:29:22 Yes...That's right...
01:29:30 When?
01:29:34 Yeah, I understand...
01:29:53 May?
01:30:15 May?
01:30:20 You said you wanted her to go away!
01:30:23 I didn't...
01:30:26 Yes, you did! You wanted her to die!
01:30:30 No, I didn't.
01:30:32 We were supposed to save her, Tom.
01:30:37 And now we've got no mother.
01:31:16 After Rose died,
01:31:18 Uncle Bill took an early retirement
01:31:21 and came back to look after us.
01:31:26 We lived with him for three years.
01:31:33 Then, completely unexpectedly,
01:31:39 Uncle Bill, our father,
01:31:43 had a heart attack and died.
01:31:55 May stayed in Melbourne
01:31:57 and got a degree in Psychology.
01:32:01 She works as a School Psychologist.
01:32:06 Although she kept all of our
01:32:12 she's never worn any of them.
01:32:22 I left Melbourne when I was seventeen
01:32:24 and went to study in Canberra.
01:32:27 Literature and Philosophy.
01:32:31 I eventually became a writer.
01:32:47 Perhaps the most unlikely thing
01:32:51 in spite of everything,
01:32:53 May and I turned out kind of normal.
01:33:07 But we never talk about our mother.
01:33:10 Neither of us knows what to say.
01:33:16 The night my mother died,
01:33:18 I remember thinking,
01:33:20 I should cry now.
01:33:23 But I didn't.
01:33:26 In All these years,
01:33:28 I've never shed a tear for her.
01:33:33 Instead, I write about her.
01:33:38 Bringing her back to life, over and over.
01:33:43 Trying to understand her.
01:33:46 Or perhaps to punish her.
01:33:51 Or just to remember...
01:33:58 to feel...
01:34:02 to accept...
01:34:06 to forgive...
01:34:12 to love.