LAST TRAIN HOME
Mon May 31, Nakusp's Bonnington Arts Ctr. 7 pm
From the makers of UP THE YANGTZE
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos, as all at once, a tidal wave of humanity attempts to return home by train. It is the Chinese New Year. The wave is made up of millions of migrant factory workers. The homes they seek are the rural villages and families they left behind to seek work in the booming coastal cities. 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.
Last Train Home, an emotionally engaging and visually beautiful debut film from Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan, draws us into the fractured lives of a single migrant family caught up in this desperate annual migration, following a married couple (the Zhangs) working in Guangzhou city as they compete with 200 million others to board a train to visit their children in the countryside.
Intimate and candid, the film paints a human portrait of the dramatic changes sweeping China. We identify with the Zhangs as they navigate through the stark and difficult choices of a society caught between old ways and new realities.
WINNER, Best Feature: IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
WINNER, Best Documentary: Whistler Film Festival
WINNER, Best Canadian Film: Rencontres International de Documentaire
Official competition SUNDANCE Film Fest
Watch the trailer
EYESTEEL FILMS and LAST TRAIN HOME website
Rated PG and Run Time is 102 minutes.
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