Jan 01, 2003
135 min
Full-HD

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rails (2003)

The third part, "Rails" narrows its focus to a single father and son who scavenge the rail yards in order to sell raw parts to the factories. With the factories closing however, their future suddenly becomes uncertain. In Chinese, this section is called 铁路 (tiělù), meaning "railway."

Category

Documentary

Country

China

Companies

Wang Bing Film Workshop

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