The Zhangs are crowded by passengers at Guangzhou Railway Station, heading home for Chinese New Year. -- Weishan Tan

Qin helps grandmom with farm work. -- Liming Fan

Qin and her brother talk on the mountain where they usually play before she sets on her unknown jouney to the city. -- Liming Fan

The Zhang family goes home for Chinese New Year with a resolution to bring Qin back to school. -- Lixin Fan

The Zhang family at factory -- their lives represent the lives of millions of Chinese migrant workers. -- Lixin Fan

The father ponders on his journey back home when the train gets near his village. -- Shaoguang Sun

Guangzhou Railway Station illuminated in the dark with stranded passengers impatiently waiting for trains to go home. -- Shaoguang Sun

Zhang Qin on board the train. --Lixin Fan

Headshot of the director, Lixin Fan. --Shot Shaoguang Sun