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Last train home [videorecording] = Gui tu lie che / Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross ; executive producers, Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Qi Zhao ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel, Channel 4, TV5.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: Z1133 | Zeitgeist FilmsLanguage: Chinese Original language: Chinese Subtitle language: English Publication details: [New York] : Zeitgeist Video, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Gui tu lie che
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD5856.C5 L37 2011
Production credits:
  • Edited by Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music by Olivier Alary.
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.
Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang.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. 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 as an economic superpower." -- Container
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD HD 5856 .C5 L37 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5146683

DVD; NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, stereo.

Chinese (Mandarin and Sichuan dialect) dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang.

Edited by Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music by Olivier Alary.

Originally produced as a documentary films in 2009.

Board of Film Censors, Singapore: PG.

"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. 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 as an economic superpower." -- Container

Extras: Deleted scenes; Travelogue; U.S. theatrical trailer.

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.

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