Review of Last Train Home (2009) by Miyon R — 31 Jan 2011

Depressing, dismal, raw, with a persistent sense of hopelessness. [i]Last Train Home[/i] isn't played out like a conventional documentary with formal interviews, flashbacks, and snippets. Rather, it follows the Zhangs, a couple who left their two children to work in the factories, only to return once a year during the Chinese New Year, as millions of others do.

They have high expectations for their daughter and son to do well in school so that they may have a better life. After a blowout at home, their resentful daughter quits school and leaves to create a life of her own. It's a very sad, poignant tale that will haunt you long after it's over.