Wang Bing
Director
The Ditch (2011)
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.crying, imdb.cannibalism, imdb.death, imdb.desert, imdb.gobi-desert, imdb.1960s + 6 more, imdb.year-1960, imdb.china, imdb.worker, imdb.written-by-director, soundmix.dolby-digital, aspectratio.1-85-1
Production Companies: Wil Productions, Les Films de L'Etranger, Wild Bunch, Entre Chien et Loup, Pusan Promotion PlanCineMart
Country: China
Production Countries:
Belgium,
France,
Hong Kong,
South Korea,
Netherlands
Languages:
Mandarin
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112 min
April 15, 2011
Released
NR