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The Last Stick

9.620160h 30mHDSUB46,121 views

Director: 何苦
Cast: 何苦

Storyline

In the early days of China's reform and opening-up, the unique geography of the mountain city of Chongqing gave rise to a special profession: the porters known as stick men. For over thirty years, hundreds of thousands of these laborers carried heavy loads up and down the slopes, their sweat-soaked years carrying away not only their youth but an entire era. At the end of the year, a few stooped figures prepare to bid farewell to this vanishing trade, while a retired lieutenant colonel takes up a stick to begin his own quest. Their lives need no judgment; their stories deserve to be remembered.