I thought I would write an entire review about how this movie features positive narrow gauge train track representation, and discuss the TU7 train engine that brings Quyen to the village. I could wite about how diesel-hydraulic units are very cool, perhaps cooler than diesel-electric unit. And about the colonial history of Vietnam’s rail system, and the diplomatic relationship between Russia and Vietnam that led to the TU7 being used in vietnam. And… And… But… But.. There’s just so much…

I loved when the narrator quotes Jan Morris - “Climbing the ice fall is rather like, how can i put it, like going up the kitchen stairs for three or four miles at a go, three steps at a time, and carrying a baby. the whole thing you se, is like a squashed meringue only of course rather bigger and men are just insects in it, very small insects lost in the cream and the crumble. a very dangerous meringue…