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The Resource Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Groups 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 ; in association with ITVS International

Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Groups 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 ; in association with ITVS International

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Summary
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration--an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Director Lixin Fan draws us into the fractured lives of a single migrant family caught up in this desperate annual migration. Sixteen years ago, the Zhangs abandoned their young children to find work in the city, consoled by the hope that their wages would lift their children into a better life. But in a bitter irony, the Zhangs' hopes for the future are undone by their very absence. Qin, the daughter they left behind, has grown into adolescence crippled by a sense of abandonment. In an act of teenage rebellion, she drops out of school. She too will become a garment factory worker. The decision is a heartbreaking blow for the parents. Last Train Home follows the Zhangs' attempts to change their daughter's course and repair their ruptured family
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Special features: deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- travelogue, Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
  • Q&A with director Lixin Fan on insert
Instance
Label
Last train home : Gui tu lie che
Title
Last train home
Title remainder
Gui tu lie che
Statement of responsibility
Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Groups 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 ; in association with ITVS International
Title variation
Gui tu lie che
Contributor
Composer
Director
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Summary
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration--an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Director Lixin Fan draws us into the fractured lives of a single migrant family caught up in this desperate annual migration. Sixteen years ago, the Zhangs abandoned their young children to find work in the city, consoled by the hope that their wages would lift their children into a better life. But in a bitter irony, the Zhangs' hopes for the future are undone by their very absence. Qin, the daughter they left behind, has grown into adolescence crippled by a sense of abandonment. In an act of teenage rebellion, she drops out of school. She too will become a garment factory worker. The decision is a heartbreaking blow for the parents. Last Train Home follows the Zhangs' attempts to change their daughter's course and repair their ruptured family
Awards note
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
Cataloging source
UPP
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Lixin Fan ; editing, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; music, Olivier Alary
Language note
In Chinese (Mandarin and Sichuan dialect) with optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Featuring Changhua Zhan, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1975-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fan, Lixin,
  • Aung-Thwin, Mila,
  • Cross, Daniel
  • Zhang, Changhua
  • Chen, Suqin
  • Zhang, Qin
  • Zhang, Yang
  • Tang, Tingsui
  • Alary, Olivier
  • Telefilm Canada
  • Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund
  • EyeSteelFilm (Firm)
  • Independent Television Service
  • Zeitgeist Films
Runtime
87
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  • Chinese
  • Parent and child
  • Children of working parents
  • Work and family
  • Clothing workers
  • Railroads
  • Migrant labor
  • Migration, Internal
  • Rural-urban migration
  • China
  • China
Technique
live action
Label
Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Groups 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 ; in association with ITVS International
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Special features: deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- travelogue, Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
  • Q&A with director Lixin Fan on insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
691379873
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
795975113335
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
Z1133
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)691379873
System details
DVD, region 1; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); stereo
Terms governing use
Bates: Public performance rights purchased
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Groups 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 ; in association with ITVS International
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Special features: deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- travelogue, Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
  • Q&A with director Lixin Fan on insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
691379873
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
795975113335
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
Z1133
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)691379873
System details
DVD, region 1; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); stereo
Terms governing use
Bates: Public performance rights purchased
Video recording format
DVD

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