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Last Train Home

2009 · 85 min

A quiet, patient look at a family stretched thin by migration, leaving you with a heavy ache and a sense of vast, impersonal forces.

Directed by: Lixin Fan
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang

Overview: A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.

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Directed by: Lixin Fan
Genres: Documentary, Drama
Starring: Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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
class
work
isolation
coming-of-age
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	10
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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