TV series

A Long Way Home

2023 · 1 season

A patient, grounded family drama that lingers on hard choices and quiet resilience in a fading industry town.

Overview: Near the end of 1990s, the forestry industry began to "reduce production, limit logging, and lay off workers." For the first time, Gu Changshan's family and members of the 923 work team faced the choice of staying…
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, work, survival, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
work
survival
class
identity
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Kang Honglei
Written by: 刘小溪
Starring: Zhang Wanyi, Guo Tao, Liu Lin, Zhang Yue, Li Haofei, Zhou Fang, Zhang Kaitai, Li Le
Length: 1 seasons, 30 episodes, 45 min each
Network: Tencent Video
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin