General Information

Author/Creator

Yue, Jiang, director.

Published

China : Jiang, Yue ; Frith, Mark, 2002.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (59 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002719

Contents/Summary

Summary

An atmospheric film about Zhengzhou, China’s busiest train station, and two of it its employees – Mr. Fu and Mr. Liu. ‘People with children, climb through the windows’ is not an unusual instruction from Zhengzhou station staff, especially on the eve of Chinese New Year when 1.2 million people are all trying to get home. Mr. Fu is Party Secretary and responsible for the political education of the station staff, and Mr. Liu, Head of Passenger Affairs. Both of them are filmed working at this hectic station and at home with their families. Film-maker Jiang Yue goes deep into the souls of these two men, and reveals their inner lives. Mr. Fu confesses to being in an unhappy marriage and still mourns for his first wife, the mother of his child, who died during an abortion. He is very upset when his darling son leaves home to join the army. Mr. Fu’s colleague Mr. Liu also has problems but of a different nature. The financial pressures after buying a new luxury home weigh heavily on him; he and his wife are facing redundancy, and school fees for their child are unexpectedly expensive. This film offers an eye-opening glimpse of life in contemporary China through the everyday course of events at Zhengzhou station, where giving away a found baby to a fruit vendor and the murder of a passenger by a psychopath are just part of the daily routine.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 00:59:00

Copyright Status

Copyright by TV2 World

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1037	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1037 (HU_OSA_00002719.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format