Last Train Home
Jun 06, 2009 | IMDB 7.4
85 min Watch NowDocumentary, Drama
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
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