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Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan considers the social upheavals wrought by China's economic miracle.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
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Last Train Home
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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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Last Train Home is a harrowing experience. Don't expect to come out smiling.
David Hines, Dallas Morning News
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Lixin Fan, handling his own cinematography, shoots with such a painterly eye that he almost undermines the social critique he's making.
Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times
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Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan presents the human cost of China's economic rise in terms any parent or child can understand.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Last Train Home suggests that the times they are a-changin'. The rulers of China may someday regret that they distributed the works of Marx so generously.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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