Last Train Home 2009

Chinese New Year marks one of the largest human migrations on Earth, with millions of workers in Chinese coastal cities going back to visit their families in the countryside. But in 2008, snowstorm paralysed the rail system, and chaos erupted. Caught in the mayhem is the Zhang family, now torn between generations. Fan Lixin's extraordinarily lensed and heartbreaking documentary intimately details the effects of Chinese industrialisation upon one ordinary family, showing us the painful cost of so-called progress upon individuals.