Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers travel back to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration. Director Lixin Fan follows one married couple, who years ago left their two children in the country with a grandmother, taking low-paying jobs at a factory in the city in hopes of a better life for their children. The couple lives in a boarding house with almost no privacy and are virtual strangers to their children, who see them once a year. Last Train Home is a heartfelt documentary that sheds some light on the human cost of China's ascendence as an economic superpower.
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