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LAST TRAIN HOME

Director:

  Lixin Fan
  

Year Released:

  2009

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

4.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Zhang Changhua
  Zhang Qin
  Chen Suqin
  City Scenes
  Country Scenes
Movie Haiku:Chinese migrant workers leave coastal cities once every year to celebrate the New Year with their rural families. They say they''''''''re sacrificing for their kids, but angry kids left behind experience returning parents as intrusive nags. Rich was amazed by intimate scenes of family disfunction, but Jan thought "fly-on-the-wall" approach obscured broader sociology.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2010