Lost on Journey

Lost on Journey
Lost on Journey
	Official poster
Chinese	人在囧途
Hanyu Pinyin	Rén Zài Jiǒng Tú
Directed by	Raymond Yip
Written by	Tian Yusheng; Shi Chenyun; Xu Yuanfeng;
Screenplay by	Liu Yiwei
Produced by	Manfred Wong
Starring	Wang Baoqiang; Xu Zheng; Li Man; Zuo Xiaoqing;
Cinematography	Michael Tsui
Edited by	Leung Kwok Wing
Music by	Kay Chan
Production; companies	Wuhan Huaqi Movies & TV Production; Hubei Provincial Film Distribution & Exhibition;
Release date	4 June 2010;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Budget	CN¥9.5 million
Box office	CN¥46.5 million

Lost on Journey is a 2010 Chinese comedy film directed by Raymond Yip and starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang. This film depicts an amusing yet realistic portrayal of the issues prevalent in the Chinese society, especially during the chaotic Chunyun when everyone wants to reunite with their family for the Chinese New Year celebrations.

The film is superficially similar to John Hughes's 1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles in depicting the journey of two mismatched companions.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b 《人在囧途》票房达4650万暑期档黑马制胜有道 (in Chinese). Tencent network. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
^ Terroir (28 March 2013). ""Lost on Journey" (2011): As Awful As the World Is, We Still Have Each Other". Sinopathic. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Hoad, Phil (13 February 2013). "Lost in Thailand: did China's comedy hit get lost in translation?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Sun, Wanning (2014). "Four: Urban Cinema and the Limits of Harmony Production". Subaltern China: Rural Migrants, Media, and Cultural Practices. London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4422-3677-6. Retrieved 27 February 2015. Lost on Journey exploits the subject of fortuitous urban encounters and the figure of the stranger/traveler/journeyman to the full. Modeled on the Paramount Pictures production Planes, Trains and Automobiles, which starred Steve Martin and John Candy, the film focuses on the relationship between a gullible migrant worker with a sunny outlook, played by Wang Baoqiang—himself a rural migrant worker before becoming a movie star—and his ambitious city-slicker fellow traveler.

[webtx11-1] 《人在囧途》票房达4650万暑期档黑马制胜有道 (in Chinese). Tencent network. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

[Sinopathic-2] Terroir (28 March 2013). ""Lost on Journey" (2011): As Awful As the World Is, We Still Have Each Other". Sinopathic. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[Hoad13-3] Hoad, Phil (13 February 2013). "Lost in Thailand: did China's comedy hit get lost in translation?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[4] Sun, Wanning (2014). "Four: Urban Cinema and the Limits of Harmony Production". Subaltern China: Rural Migrants, Media, and Cultural Practices. London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4422-3677-6. Retrieved 27 February 2015. Lost on Journey exploits the subject of fortuitous urban encounters and the figure of the stranger/traveler/journeyman to the full. Modeled on the Paramount Pictures production Planes, Trains and Automobiles, which starred Steve Martin and John Candy, the film focuses on the relationship between a gullible migrant worker with a sunny outlook, played by Wang Baoqiang—himself a rural migrant worker before becoming a movie star—and his ambitious city-slicker fellow traveler.

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