
LAST TRAIN HOME
A FILM BY LIXIN FAN
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant
workers journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This mass
exodus is the world’s largest human migration—an epic spectacle that reveals a
country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.
Working over several years in classic verité style Chinese-Canadian filmmaker
Lixin Fan (with the producers of the award-winning hit documentary Up the
Yangtze) travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for
almost two decades. Like so many of China’s rural poor, Changhua and Sugin
Zhang left behind their two infant children for grueling factory jobs. Their
daughter Qin—now a restless and rebellious teenager—both bitterly resents
their absence and longs for her own freedom away from school, much to the
utter devastation of her parents. Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful,
Last Train Home’s intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on
the human cost of China’s ascendance as an economic superpower.
SCREENING SCHEDULES – LAST TRAIN HOME – NATIONAL
SEPTEMBER
IFC Center
New York, New York
Starts September 3
Village 8
St. Matthews, Kentucky
September 10 – 16
Regal Westpark 8
Irvine, California
Starts September 17
E Street Cinema – Washington
Washington D.C
Starts September 17
Nuart Theatre
Los Angeles, California
September 17 – 23
Landmark’s Shattuck Theatre
Berkeley, California
Starts September 24
Lark Theater
Larkspur, California
Starts September 24
Landmark’s Theatre
San Francisco, California
Starts September 24
Camera 12
San Jose, California
Starts September 24
OCTOBER
Kendall Square Cinema/Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Starts October 1
Real Art Ways
Hartford, Connecticut
Starts October 1
Camelot Theatres
Palm Springs, California
Starts October 1
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, Maine
October 1 – 3
Landmark Theatre- Denver
Denver, Colorado
Starts October 8
Ritz at the Bourse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starts October 8
Landmark
San Diego. California
Starts October 8
The Jacob Burns Film Center\
Pleasantville, New York
Starts October 9
Music Box Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
October 15 – 21
Cameliew
Scottsdale, Arizona
Starts October 15
Tallahassee Film Society
Tallahassee, Florida
October 15 – 17
Midtown Art Cinema
Atlanta, Georgia
Starts October 22
Landmark
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Starts October 22
George Eastman House
Rochester, New York
October 22 Only!
Landmark Theatre- Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Starts October 22
Regal Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills
Austin, Texas
Starts October 29
Ross Media Arts Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
October 29 – November 4
NOVEMBER
Plaza Frontenac
Frontenac, Missouri
Starts November 5
Tivoli At Manor Square
Kansas City, Missouri
Starts November 5
Living Room Theaters
Portland, Oregon
Starts November 5
The Screen at Studio 2
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Starts November 5
Visalia Fox Theatre
Visalia, California
November 9 – One Day Only!
Angelika Film Center
Dallas, Texas
Starts November 12
Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit, Michigan
November 12, 14, 19, 20 and 21
Angelika Film Center
Houston, Texas
Starts November 12
Sundance Cinemas 608
Madison, Wisconsin
From November 12 to 18
UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures
Santa Barbara, California
November 18 – One Day Only!
Cosford Cinema
Coral Gables, Florida
November 19 – 21
River City Film Society
Bangor, Maine
November 26 – One Day Only!
DECEMBER
Urban Institute For Contemporary Art
Grand Rapids, Michigan
December 10 – 16