Song of the Exile

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Song of the Exile ★★ ½ 1990

A Chinese/Japanese student living in London in the early 1970s faces racial discrimination and decides to return to her native Hong Kong. But on the home front, she and her family clash emotionally until daughter and mother come to a gradual understanding of how the past affects the present. In Cantonese and Japanese with with English subtitles. 100m/C VHS . CH Maggie Cheung, Shwu-Fen Chang; D: Ann Hui.