Dean Randall has sponsored Mei Mei, a young Chinese orphan, for many years. When she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.
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2 wins & 3 nominations.
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| Guy Pearce | ... | Dean Randall | |
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Zhu Lin | ... | Mei Mei |
| Claudia Karvan | ... | Barbara | |
| Elaine Jin | ... | Miss Chen | |
| Rhys Muldoon | ... | Gary | |
| Lincoln Lewis | ... | Carl | |
| Terry Serio | ... | Fletch | |
| Matt Nable | ... | Tommy (as Matthew Nable) | |
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Kain O'Keeffe | ... | Dave |
| Claire Scott | ... | Ruby | |
| Clayton Watson | ... | Brian | |
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Xiang-Yun Lin | ... | Miss Fong |
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Gary Xu | ... | Orphanage Worker |
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Colin Burkenshaw | ... | Deputy Director |
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Thomas Jackson | ... | Constable Dillon |
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Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) a 16 yr old Chinese orphan dreams of nothing more than being part of the 'perfect' family. When her orphanage travels to Australia to partake in The Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find her Australian sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). However what she finds is far from what he depicted. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance. Written by TITAN VIEW
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This is a quirky and touching movie about a sixteen year-old orphan from China, Mei-Mei, (played with pluck and naïveté by then newcomer Zhu Lin), who travels to Sydney, Australia with a children's choir and slips away to meet and thank the man whose financial donations sponsored her education; as important to her, her sponsor's steady stream of postcards about his perfect life provided her love, support and hope.
Her journey to find Dean Randall, (played by one of my screen favorites, Guy Pearce), is a surprising one. She learns that he is a convicted killer serving time in prison where he is up for parole, and the stories he wrote in his postcards were of a fantasy life. Dean is portrayed as being a sort of killer with a heart of gold, which was hard to swallow except for the fact that Guy Pearce is so likable.
The film passed quickly and gently. Mei-Mei and Dean form a bond, which he resists at first out of shame. It's a touching idea, however the screenplay was full of holes and the direction lacked finesse. The actors did the best they could in this production.