Last Train Home
2009 ‧ Documentary/Drama ‧ 1h 25m
Annually, an estimated 130 million factories workers in China migrate from their city of employment back to the village they grew up in. This documentary spotlights married couple Chen and Zhang as they make their own journey. Chen and Zhang must...
Release date: September 3, 2010 (USA)
Director: Lixin Fan
Cast: Suqin Chen, Changhua Zhan, Qin Zhang, and more
Distributed by: EyeSteelFilm and Zeitgeist Films
Language: Sichuanese Standard Chinese
Literal meaning: homeward train
Produced by: Mila Aung-Thwin; Daniel Cross
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(129) · $12.80
Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful, Last Train Home's intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on the human cost of China's ascendance ...
Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful, Last Train Home's intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on the human cost of China's ascendance ...
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love ...
It is an epic spectacle that tells us much about China, a country discarding traditional ways as it hurtles towards modernity and global economic dominance.
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(212)
Last Train Home is a haunting, vivid documentary exploring the human toll of China's economic boom in intimate, unforgettable detail. Read Critics Reviews.