Movie: Along the Railway

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    This important, patient documentary follows a year in the life of the sidings dwellers who eke out a living, begging, foraging, stealing and sleeping rough near the Baoji railway station in Shaanxi.

  • Release Date

    2000-01-01

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    普通话

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