2014 CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展

歸途列車 Last Train Home

加拿大 Canada / 2009 / 85 min / 導演 Director：范立欣 FAN Li-xin

[35mm放映]

 2009 阿姆斯特丹紀錄片影展 最佳紀錄長片

2010 日舞影展

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 中國在工業化與都市化的過程中，許多傳統農民為了養家活口，到城市裡做工，被稱為「農民工」。

每年春節，全中國有一億以上的農民工，爭搶車票、擠成沙丁魚、顛頗數十個小時，只為了返鄉與家人團聚。導演跟拍在廣州打工的張氏夫婦，他們離家已經十六年了，辛苦工作希望讓孩子們升學，但正值叛逆期的大女兒卻輟學離家打工……

Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important holiday in the lunar calendar. It remains the last stronghold of Chinese traditions that are withering rapidly with the invasion of new values. Each year, hundreds of millions of migrant workers return to their homes from the city to the rural countryside, throwing the transportation system into utter chaos. People camp at railway station for tickets, climb through windows, stand for days and nights, wear diapers to avoid using the lavatory, and struggle to stay in sanity to survive the ride. They are determined to return home at any cost for the solemn purpose of getting back to see their families.

The ZHANGs left their ancestral village and their one-year-old daughter to find work in Guangzhou city 16 years ago. The couple toils in a poorly ventilated, dimly lit garment factory to make money to pay for the daughter's schooling and try to give the daughter a better life in the future. Now their daughter is 17. The rebellious teenager always felt lost and neglected since her parents were away all these years. She is convinced that her parents care more about making money than taking care of her. Thus, she quit school, came down to Guangzhou city, and become a young migrant worker, which is exactly what the parents don't want her to be.

China's booming economy is largely based on exploiting the vast population of cheap labor. Sacrificing the poor for GDP growth, the country runs the risk of making millions of families separated and their children fell uneducated. These issues could all pose serious backlash against the country's ambitious goal. Last Train Home examines not only individual's fate among this chaotic social evolution but also the country's loss and gain in a race to be the world's next super power.