Gives an interesting insight in the perils of the Chinese workers migrating back home every springfestival, but as strong as the start is, something is lost halfway. A little bit more exploration of the daugther's life would make it much more interesting.

A great documentary. Very personal, human and sad.

Superb documentary about a Chinese family driven apart because the parents spend most of their lives working at a city factory hundreds of miles away. Tensions flare until an explosive confrontation erupts. This is riveting stuff. By keeping focused on a few individuals, Lixin Fan maintains personal dramatic intrigue throughout the film, while keeping the problems of migrant workers as a whole in mind. The cinematography is also exceptionally good for a documentary. Powerful and gripping.

Beautifully executed and a very harsh look at an incredibly fragmented, multi-generational family.

"Lixin's approach in the film has been to withhold direct commentary, either in the form of narration or on-screen interviews with her subjects." - Andrew Schenker

New Year's travel in China is obviously a nightmare for everyone involved, and the film shows that very well, though I'm not completely sold on its choice to focus so strongly on one family in particular. There's a danger when filming a documentary like this that its subjects will act drastically different with a camera on them, and one family conflict toward the end seems to have escalated because no one involved wanted to be preserved on film admitting they were wrong.

Wow. What an INCREDIBLY boring documentary

Great subject for a documentary, but the focus on the one family and the girl in particular doesn't work. The focus is too narrow for such a huge topic. Moreover, a lot of the time towards the end of the movie it just feels like the girl is playing up for the camera crew (getting her hair done, going to the nightclub). Still it was a good introduction to the topic, but the treatment felt a bit forced and left me asking "is this really a typical story?" (even though in fact it probably is)

subat 11, ifistanbul 2011 & If'te izledigim son film 'last train home' icindeki kavga sahnesiyle beni cezbetti. Onun disinda sikiciydi- etkisizdi. Belki de gereksizdi.

The broad shots are amazing, but it is the individuals that exist in these seas of desperate people that make the film such an engrossing and emotional experience. The conflict is heartfelt and tragic, as conflicting ambitions and hopes render the actions of each party bittersweet. The film also prompts its viewers to reflect on their own role in these stories without casting overt judgement, allowing our own knowledge to inform the scenes before us.