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I enjoyed this movie. It is a very eye opening take on what life is like for migrant workers in modern China. This movie tracks a set of parents as they are trying to get home for the Chinese New Year, along with ~150 million other Chinese citizens for their once a year visit to their children, and also the difficultly of dealing with a daughter who decides to follow in their footsteps. By my estimation anyone who hasn’t seen this movie or isn’t studying this area wouldn’t have any clue the lengths people are going through in China to be able to make money and provide for their families but also be able to try and stay in touch with them.
I think this movie would be appropriate possibly for a high school setting that may be studying modern US policy because there could be some very good parallels drawn between what’s happening here and the immigrant worker situation in the US. The movie can be a bit dry because there is no narration and the only story is given by the family members, so students may have a hard time staying interested.
