Jalainur is a colliery in the Manzhouli city of Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in the northernmost part of China. Hundred years of exploration have created a huge crater in the ground of the colliery, and now being nearly empty, it is on the verge of closure. Its large number of workers will soon be laid off and the steam trains which have been rumbling for years will be off-track as well. Zhu has been active there for thirty years as a steam train driver; Li Zhizhong is his apprentice. They bond well. The hopelessness of the situation, however, compels Zhu to retire and, with a deep sense of remorse and anguish, he takes the road to his home. Young Zhizhong finds it difficult to accept Zhu’s retirement and decides to follow his companion. Zhu tries to persuade him to turn back, but deep in his heart he finds it hard to let Zhizhong go. After many miles of the journey together, Zhizhong finally bids adieu to his master at a remote railway station when Zhu’s daughter and son-in-law appear to escort him home. The future for young Zhizhong seems gloomy.
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Producer: Helen Cui | Director: ZHAO Ye | Composer: Lin Chaoyang | Production: TIANLIN FILM PRODUCTIONS (Rm. 1515, #9 Chaoyang P.W.P.D., Chaoyang Dist., 100026 Beijing, CHINA) | Sales agent: TIANLIN FILM PRODUCTIONS (Rm. 1515, #9 Chaoyang P.W.P.D., Chaoyang Dist., 100026 Beijing, CHINA) | Distributor: No Belgian distributor | Cast : Li Zhi Zhong (Zhi Zhong), Liu Yuan Sheng (Zhu)
Colour – 92’ – HDCAM - Eng
