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The Resource Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross ; in association with ITVS International

Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross ; in association with ITVS International

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Producer
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Summary
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
Work
Publication
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Guide includes Q&A with director Lixin Fan
  • Extras: Deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- Travelogue: Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
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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 Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross ; in association with ITVS International
Title variation
Gui tu lie che
Contributor
Director
Interviewee
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • eng
  • chi
Summary
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades
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
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Editors, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music, Olivier Alary ; story editor, Daniel Cross
Dewey number
331.127951
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Mandarin and Sichuan dialect dialogue ; optional English subtitles
LC call number
HD5856.C6
LC item number
L37 2011
PerformerNote
Changhua Zhang, Qin Zhang, Suqin Chen, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1975-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fan, Lixin
  • Aung-Thwin, Mila
  • Cross, Daniel
  • Zhang, Changhua
  • Zhang, Qin
  • Chen, Suqin
  • Zhang, Yang
  • Tang, Tingsui
  • Alary, Olivier
  • EyeSteelFilm (Firm)
  • Telefilm Canada
  • Rogers Group of Funds
  • Independent Television Service
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • TV5Monde (Television network)
  • SuperChannel (Television network)
  • Zeitgeist Films
Runtime
87
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  • Migrant labor
  • Migration, Internal
  • Rural-urban migration
  • Families
Technique
live action
Label
Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross ; in association with ITVS International
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/zei113335d.gif
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Guide includes Q&A with director Lixin Fan
  • Extras: Deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- Travelogue: Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 guide (6 pages, folded-out)
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
810688
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
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
  • (Sirsi) o689131514
  • (OCoLC)689131514
System details
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Last train home : Gui tu lie che, Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds, through the Theatrical Documentary Program present ; an Eyesteelfilm production ; in association with ITVS International ; produced and developed in association with SuperChannel ; Channel 4 ; TV5 ; a film by Lixin Fan ; directed by Lixin Fan ; produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross ; in association with ITVS International
Link
http://midwesttapes.com/images/movies/zei113335d.gif
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced in 2009
  • Guide includes Q&A with director Lixin Fan
  • Extras: Deleted scenes, from Guangzhou Train Station (ca. 11 min.) -- Travelogue: Guang'an to Shenzhen City (ca. 5 min.) -- U.S. theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 guide (6 pages, folded-out)
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
810688
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (87 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
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
  • (Sirsi) o689131514
  • (OCoLC)689131514
System details
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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