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Apr 23, 2021yesbyedith rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Culturally interesting. Let's remember the grandmother generation ate dogs because they were hungry. So now is very hard but there is enough to et. Daughter says all parents care about is money, but parents don't spend money on extra…
May 03, 2018Annieoywong rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is an interesting but sad documentary about the lives of the Chinese migrant laborers. The film also described one family, the parents left their rural hometown and worked in the city far away leaving their two children to the…
Sep 03, 2017ArapahoeHollyR rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Devastating look at extreme poverty and labor exploitation through the lives of Chinese migrant workers, who can only return home from their factory jobs once a year.
May 17, 2016Nursebob rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Filmed with patience and an unerring attention for the smallest of details—a half-formed tear glistens in the corner of granny’s eye, a family shrine reflects the light of hastily lit votive candles—Fan nevertheless manages to capture the…
Feb 14, 2016taviwan rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A good Chinese documentary. It is easy to understand their life when we have some Chinese background.
Feb 03, 2016LittleNoName rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Fairly well done but leaves you hanging. Gives great insight into China's economy, enormous family sacrifices & overall way of life for the poor. Makes me very happy & feel fortunate tobe Canadian.
Oct 15, 2015akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is a 2009 documentary directed by Lixin Fan. Like many of China's rural poor, the Zhangs left their native village of Huilong in Sichuan province and their newborn daughter to find work in Guangzhou in a garment factory for 16…
Aug 16, 2012JDK5 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Instead of obsessing over training Olympic athletes, China needs to spend more money improving the daily lives, human rights and working conditions of its citizens. The cattle-like herding scenes at the train station were dehumanizing…
May 25, 2012Ron@Ottawa rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent docurmentary by Chinese-Canadian director Fan Lixin on the sacrifice that two mirgrant works made for the betterment of their children. It also underscores the problems in modern day China - a growing generation gap…
Apr 26, 2012jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A heart breaking documentary about one Chinese family: Grandma raising two grandchildren in a rural village while her son and daughter-in-law worked in the city 2000KM away. Story unfolded when the parents were in the train station…
Apr 20, 2012ReallyFriendly13 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A rare documentary that actually goes out of it's way to remain objective (till the end) which I appreciate. Some messages are strong enough without requiring a cattle prod from the director, and this is one. A detailed intimate look into…
Aug 20, 2011Liber_vermis rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Honest, dark and sad.
May 21, 2011zal1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
beneath the glitter of Shanghai and the other eastern coastal cities of China which has transformed this communist state to its present economic superpower status lies the driving force albeit the price and sacrifices they have to pay for…
Mar 31, 2011MartyMiller rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Interesting docu, but a bit slow.