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The Road

A highway is waiting to go through a quiet village in Hunan, a province in central China where Mao was from. Due to the high cost of construction, construction companies and migrant workers who live on road work rush to here like the tide. In the following four years, they root in this strange place for interests, paying sweat and blood, even their lives. With their arrival, local village and peasants are forced to change their lives. Many hidden interest lines and hidden rules about road construction of the nation are unveiled, together with the shocking truth and emerging secrets.

1h 35m2015TMDb 8.4

Chinese

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Storyline

A highway is waiting to go through a quiet village in Hunan, a province in central China where Mao was from. Due to the high cost of construction, construction companies and migrant workers who live on road work rush to here like the tide. In the following four years, they root in this strange place for interests, paying sweat and blood, even their lives. With their arrival, local village and peasants are forced to change their lives. Many hidden interest lines and hidden rules about road construction of the nation are unveiled, together with the shocking truth and emerging secrets.

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Info

Original title
大路朝天
Status
Released
Released
19 November 2015
Runtime
1h 35m
TMDB score
8.4 / 10 (9 votes)

Production

Director
Zanbo Zhang
Studios
Richard Liang, Doc Society
Countries
China

Languages

Original
Chinese
Spoken
Mandarin