Last train home [Gui tu lie che]

Last train home [Gui tu lie che] / an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross.

Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its...

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Corporate Authors: Telefilm Canada, Eyesteelfilm (Firm), Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Fan, Lixin, Aung-Thwin, Mila
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
English
Published: [New York] : Zeitgeist Video, c2011.
Subjects:
Migrant labor > China.
Chinese > Family relationships.
Parent and child > China.
Children of working parents > China.
Clothing workers > China.
Migration, Internal > China.
Rural-urban migration > China.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Documentary films.
Videos > Dinand > Chinese.
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Summary:Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades.
Item Description:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2009.
Special features: deleted scenes, travelogue, U.S. theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; code 1 ; Stereo, NTSC, Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Audience:Board of Film Censors, Singapore: PG.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Winner, Best Documentary 2010, Los Angeles Film Critics ; Winner, Best Feature-length Documentary, 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival ; Winner, Best Feature, 2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Fan Lixin.
Participant or Performer:Zhang Changhua, Zhang Qin, Chen Suqin, Zhang Yang, Tang Tingsui.
Language:In Chinese (Mandarin or Sichuan dialect dialogue) with optional English subtitles.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:"FOR PRIVATE HOME VIEWING ONLY."--Disc label and container.

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