There are similarities, of course, with the fim’s 1970 predecessor, in which Bobbie and her siblings save a local train from disaster. But in The Railway Children Returns, Lily and company are more
There are similarities, of course, with the fim’s 1970 predecessor, in which Bobbie and her siblings save a local train from disaster. But in The Railway Children Returns, Lily and company are more likely to disrupt the rail network to fight social injustice (evidence, perhaps, of a shift in thinking about what constitutes good citizenship). The film also explores how close children can be to grief, trauma and state-sanctioned violence. From Abe’s underage recruitment to Lily being the ‘man of the house’ in her father’s absence, it acknowledges the burdens children bear foradults.