Getting Home (2007)
Directed by Zhang Yang
When his workmate dies on a Shenzhen building site, a migrant labourer sets out to carry the body all the way home to Chongqing for burial, by bus, hitched rides and on foot.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Building site≈ 00:01:00Shenzhen, ChinaStated on screen
After a night of drinking Zhao finds his friend Liu dead and promises to take him home.
- 2Hills near home≈ 01:20:00Liu's home village, Chongqing (fictional)InferredFictional
- 3Flooded village≈ 01:30:00Liu's home village, Chongqing (fictional)InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,077 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 3
- Bus: 1,077 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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