"Waves" Goes the Wrong Direction in Racial Depiction, Despite Its Intent and Beauty
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One train journey between two stations: the first one and the last one. In a second class compartment, a traveler meets all kinds of people with all kinds of fates but fails to find a friend. As alone as at the beginning of the journey, he takes his suitcase, gets off the train, and disappears in the night.
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